Chapter 31: Eavesdropping
Jin Zhao left Yinghua Pavilion without saying a word all the way, and stayed in the house after coming back. Seeing that her whole person was not quite right, she thought that she was worried about the emperor's coming to the General's Mansion, and after thinking about it, she comforted: "Miss, don't worry too much, Madame said that she would let Mother Tong assist you when the time comes, if you really encounter a thorny problem, Madame will not stand idly by, if it really doesn't work, please ask Madame to come forward."
Jin Zhao glanced at her, she wasn't worried about this, she was in charge of the harem in her previous life, what kind of big scene had she never seen, what was this. She was worried about something else, and if it was really like what her mother said, the Holy One came to the house in person, then it was inevitable that that person would come with her. Thinking of this, Jin Zhao's heart ached inexplicably.
Jin Zhao only gave a light "um" to Qiaoci.
Time is pressing, there are a lot of things to prepare, Qiao Ci saw that Jin Zhao was not in a hurry, thought about it, and took the initiative to ask: "Miss, there are only three days before the Holy Lord's Mansion, what do you need the slave to do?"
Jin Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't be busy yet, let me think about it."
Qiaoci thought that Jinzhao would tell her to do things, and she was ready at any time, but she didn't know that this was the case.
At this time, Rouge came in, saluted Jin Zhao, and when he looked up, he saw that the eldest lady didn't look right, and he couldn't help but be a little flustered, so he walked to Qiao Ci's side, poked her with his arm, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
She remembered the last time she helped the second lady put mustard powder in the dishes made by the eldest lady, and she was a little more uneasy.
Qiao Ci glanced at her, quickly retracted her gaze, and didn't answer her, Rouge's little problem of inquiring hasn't changed at all, not to mention that the eldest lady is still here. , Qiao Ci didn't want to pay attention to her, and looked away.
Regarding Qiaoci's attitude, Rouge immediately felt a little fire in his heart, and because of Jin Zhao's presence, he had to suppress the fire.
The air was unusually quiet, making the rouge on the side uncomfortable, since she did something like that behind the eldest lady's back, she has been afraid in her heart for the past few days, and tried her best to behave in front of Jin Zhao, for fear that she would be discovered by the eldest lady one day.
After a while, Jin Zhao said lightly: "There's nothing else, let's step back first."
The two of them answered together.
As soon as he turned to leave, Jin Zhao instructed Rouge again: "You go and close the open window."
Rouge chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "Look at the memory of the slave maid, but I forgot that the eldest lady can't blow the wind, and Qiaoci is too, so she is confused, and the slave and maid will close the window."
Jin Zhao glanced at Rouge inexplicably, didn't make a sound, and didn't forget to bring Qiaoci to say a word, this is indeed like the Rouge she knows.
On the contrary, it was Qiaoci, she remembered that the window was closed when she left, how could it be opened.
However, as for Rouge's words, she heard a lot of these words on weekdays, so she didn't take them to heart.
Closing the window, the two of them gently closed the door before exiting.
When he was about to walk out of Mu Jin's courtyard, Rouge couldn't help but stop Qiaoci: "You are now relying on the favor of the eldest lady, and your courage is getting bigger and bigger, and you don't dare to take me in your eyes."
Qiaoci said calmly: "It's not that I've changed, I'm still the same Qiaoci, it's just that rouge you have changed."
Qiaoci was talking about her betrayal of the eldest lady.
But for this answer, Rouge not only didn't understand, but the suppressed fire also burst up all of a sudden, and she sneered: "Really? Then I asked you, why didn't you answer when I asked you something? Or do you and the eldest lady have something to hide from me? ”
Qiaoci said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "What are you talking about, as a slave and maid, just do your own thing, even if the master has something, it shouldn't be something we can inquire about."
If it weren't for Jin Zhao's previous explanation, Qiao Ci really wanted to ask Rouge in person why he put mustard powder in the eldest lady's dish.
Rouge listened, but disagreed, pursed his lips, and said: "Don't think I don't know, the eldest lady's attitude towards you is not as good as before, I take you everywhere, you don't know about the eldest lady's affairs, don't think that I am as easy to coax as a three-year-old child." I think you sincerely don't want to tell me, for fear of affecting your status in the eyes of the eldest lady. Rouge became more and more energetic, and his tone couldn't help but be a little sarcastic, "In the past, no matter what you did, you didn't like the eldest lady, but now it's different, you have become a celebrity around the eldest lady, it's rare for the master to look at you differently, you have to seize the opportunity, do I have to salute when I see you in the future?" ”
Qiao Ci only felt that Rouge's words were unpleasant, and if she continued, she might not say anything even more ugly, so she said loudly: "The work at hand is not done yet, if you have nothing else, I will leave first."
When Rouge heard this, she was angry, and before she finished speaking, Qiaoci this girl actually said that she was leaving, obviously not taking her seriously, and immediately said: "Why, I can't listen to it after saying a few words, don't you, you know how I was snubbed by the eldest lady these days, how did I come over, you don't want to hear it, I want to say it."
Qiao Ci saw that Rouge had no intention of stopping, and walked away on her own.
Rouge snorted, scolded a few words, and suddenly remembered something, and stopped.
Just outside, she overheard the eldest lady and Qiaoci's girl saying that the emperor was coming to the mansion, such an important matter, if she told the second miss in advance, maybe the second miss would be happy, and she wouldn't bother with her about the previous matter, this is a way to please the second miss.
Without further ado, Rouge set off for Rongxiu Temple.
Xia Fu saw Rouge coming this way from a distance, and couldn't help but meet her, blocking her way.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be you, why do you dare to come here, don't you know that the second miss's anger has not disappeared? If you just come here, don't you come here to scold? ”
I can't tell if it's a kind reminder or a concern.
Rouge said with a smile: "Thank you Miss Shav for reminding me, the last time it was not done, and it is reasonable for Miss Xia to be angry, it is me who has lived up to Miss Er's expectations of me, I have been looking for an opportunity to come over these days, and I am worried that Miss Shave's anger has not disappeared, which has annoyed her, but fortunately, I finally found an opportunity, no, I have to trouble Miss Xia Fu to lead the way for me, so that I can meet Miss Er."
When Xia Fu heard this, she couldn't help but look at Rouge, and was a little curious in her heart, so she said, "So, you came here to make up for it?"
Seeing Rouge's confident appearance, maybe he heard some news from the eldest lady.
Rouge nodded and replied, "I believe that the second lady will be satisfied with the news found this time."
"Really?" Xia Fu was skeptical, and after thinking about it, maybe it was really good news, and said, "Second Miss will be in the house, you wait, let me go in and tell her." ”
Rouge saw that Xia Fu was relieved, and was willing to pass on a message for her, and immediately responded: "There is Miss Lao Shaf."