Chapter 82: Atractylodes
Actually, Xu Lan is a woman in the backyard, and there are guests in the front hall, who is here? It is impossible for Xu Lan to know what he said, but, on the contrary, it is the fourth prince Ji Chen who is here today, it is the powerful Ji Chen who is popular in the capital at the moment, and Ji Chen is the one who came to Xu Lan to propose marriage.
Therefore, although King Xu also ordered that he could not tell the woman in the backyard everything casually, there were still people who, in order to please Xu Lan, told Xu Lan about it.
"What?! What you're saying is true! Did Ji Chen really come to propose to me?! ”
When Xu Lan heard this, she almost subconsciously, and the needle she was holding in her hand pierced her fingers.
Xu Lan sat in front of the table in a daze, completely ignoring it, and Baizhu next to him, after seeing that his hand was stabbed, he kept yelling, he seemed to be stunned by this incident, and he couldn't say anything all of a sudden.
How so? How come, Ji Chen? How could he come up to himself to propose? Xu Lan originally thought that since I passed that night, I ruthlessly drove Ji Chen out, Ji Chen, according to Ji Chen's arrogant character, he should never come to him again.
Although Xu Lan himself was in pain, but thinking of Cui Zhen'er, he still made up his mind, and after waiting for a few days, he sent someone to return this jade pendant to Ji Chen.
Therefore, Xu Lan never expected that Ji Chen would come to the door again to propose to herself, this proposal was like a heavy hammer, which smashed on Xu Lan's heart at once, making him almost unstable.
And the little maid who came to report the news thought that Xu Lan was very happy when she heard the news that Ji Chen came to propose to her, and said with a smile on her face at this time: "It's not true, Second Miss, it's true, today's four princes really came to propose marriage to you." ”
Xu Lan was stunned, he seemed to see this maid's smile, and he couldn't tell for a while, was it real or fake? I could only look at the maid with an expressionless face, but her face was extremely pale.
That maid, seeing Xu Lan's expression, couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. And Baizhu beside him, when he saw this scene, he was very scared and revealed something, so at that moment, he stuffed a silver ingot into the little girl, and said with a smile: "You girl!" But what a bold ghost, he dares to play casually, and spread the news from the front to the backyard, so that the master knows, but he can't teach you a lesson! ”
Although the words are said so, but the silver stuffed to the little maid is not a lot, the little maid looked at the silver in her hand, her face was full of smiles, and said with a smile: "Where, I only know, our second miss, the most kind, will definitely not be easy, sell me, I actually sent the news, then I will go first, there are still people in front, waiting." ”
Hearing this, Baizhu smiled, and said, "Go quickly, you little prodigal hoof, careful master." The lord knows, and he has skinned you! ”
The girl smiled, opened the curtain and went out, after the little girl went out, the whole room was quiet for a moment, Xu Lai was still shocked, and he looked confused, Baizhu was on the side, but he didn't know what to say.
In fact, Baizhu knows something about Xu Lan and Ji Chen, and the things between the two of them are vague, after all, he is Xu Lan's personal maid, and the interaction between Xu Lan and others, even if it is those pages, Ji Chen came to Xu Lan's boudoir and did not let others see it, but Xu Lan's change in attitude towards Ji Chen is real.
Baizhu was originally Xu Lan's personal maid, and sometimes he even knew more about Xu Lan's affairs than Xu Lan, although he didn't know when, his young lady and the fourth prince had slowly become related, but he also knew. His own young lady and the fourth prince may have had feelings in private, but the strange thing is that since that time, after returning from the mountain to worship the Buddha, his young lady has become indifferent to the attitude of the four princes, and she refuses to say a word or two more.
As for the jade pendant, Baizhu, the first time I saw it, when the jade pendant was the time when Xu Wangfu returned to the capital, the first time the New Year, the four princes, a gift to the young lady, and later it was also this jade pendant, it seems that it was lost once, and it was found again, after it was found, the young lady took the jade pendant with her, and in recent days, the young lady has been staring at this jade pendant from time to time, even if Baizhu is stupid, he also knows that his young lady may have quarreled with the fourth prince Ji Chen, or there is an estrangement.
Therefore, when I heard that Ji Chen came to propose marriage today, I was shocked, but it was far more than just their young lady, it was Baizhu, who was also beating the drum in her heart, and she couldn't understand what kind of medicine these four princes were selling.
But that's all off-topic, Baizhu looked at the young lady in front of him, and he was very worried. Especially, just now, my own young lady, her face was stunned, and even a little dazed, she was very distressed to see Baizhu, and there was even a blood hole in her hand that had just been accidentally pierced.
In fact, in the final analysis, although Baizhu said that he was a maid, but when he was a child, he had already come to Miss Xu Lan's side, Xu Lan's temperament was very good, and he never scolded these people, but when he was at the border, the gap between people was not there, but there was no capital, so strict, when he was young, Xu Lan often took Baizhu and Bai Qi to run crazy everywhere.
In the entire palace, Xu Lan's sister, Xu Xin is a quiet character, even with the maids around her, they are all quiet, there is only one Xu Lan. With two maids, it can be said that it is the most lively and lively existence in the entire Xiwang Mansion.
Although it is said that later, they entered the capital together, in the capital, because of all kinds of rules, Xu Lan and Baizhu can't continue to play lively and noisy like when they were children, and Baizhu is even more self-conscious, not that he and Xu Lan have a strange sense of distance, but he knows that if he says that he doesn't have a rule, and continues to play with Xu Lan like before, it will be a shame for Xu Lan, and it will also be a shame for Xu Wangfu, which will make people think that it is. There is no tutor in Xu Wangfu, especially Xu Lan, who is not even a maid and cannot be disciplined well.
Therefore, Bai Zhu gradually regulated his words and deeds, and even told Bai Qi that he must be cautious in his words and deeds outside, and not embarrass Xu Lan.
However, even so, in Baizhu's heart, Xu Lan is still her best sister, although this idea has some of the following offenses and disrespect, but Baizhu knows that in Xu Lan's heart, she and Bai Ji are also her good sisters. Therefore, seeing Xu Lan today, depressed and unhappy, Baizhu's heart is very painful.
After thinking about it for a long time, even if he knew that there was a difference in identity between himself and Xu Lan, Baizhu walked to Xu Lan's side, half-knelt next to the stone fence, put his hand on Xu Lan's knee, raised his head, and said to Xu Lan: "Miss, what do you have on your mind?" ”
Xu Lan was still immersed in her thoughts, and for a while, she was very painful and struggling, and suddenly, she heard Bai Zhu's voice, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, and looked over coldly, and what she saw was a pair of clear eyes, which were crystal clear, full of worries, and worries.
When Xu Lan saw these eyes, her heart couldn't help but warm, and after a long time, she slowly put her hand on Bai Zhu's face and said, "My silly girl, why do you suddenly ask that?" ”
Director Bai Youxiao, touching his face, was still gentle, and said slowly: "Miss, don't hide it from me anymore, others don't know you, can it be said that the slave maid grew up with Miss since she was a child, and you still don't know your thoughts, Miss?" Since I heard the news that the fourth prince Ji Chen came to propose marriage, Miss, you are like losing your soul, how can you not see it, Miss, you have something on your mind! ”
Hearing Baizhu say this, Xu Lan couldn't help it, a little cold, it turned out that her own thoughts were so obvious that others could see through it at once.
Hearing others say this, Xu Lan subconsciously imagined this matter and perfunctory it, but before he could open his mouth, he had already seen it before he could say the excuse he had already thought of, and the eyes of the Bai clan, those eyes, were all sincere and worried. I don't know why, it's obvious, the excuse that has already reached the lips, but I can't say a word.
Xu Lan opened her mouth in vain, but she didn't say a word, Baizhu saw her miss like this, where would she not know what her miss was thinking, but he didn't worry, and he didn't ask, he knew that his miss looked like a big grin, lively and moving, in fact, his heart was as soft as water, very sensitive, if he was anxious to ask, on the contrary, it would have a bad effect.
Therefore, Baizhu was not in a hurry, still slowly, gently, looking at Shi Lan, as if he was just a listener, no matter what he said, he would listen carefully. No superfluous remarks and rebuttals.