Chapter 21 The thief shook Yao's heart
Lu Yunlan was amused when she heard this, but she sighed on her face.
"Why should my cousin be amused with me, I am determined to give you a prescription, and I must be fully prepared."
Letter paper is the most common cotton paper, which can be seen everywhere outside, and she specially asked the jadeite to find it from the storeroom. And the person who started the pen was not her, she copied the words first, and then asked Jade to write them down, so the handwriting was a little too neat - Jade was illiterate, but she held the pen very steadily, and Lu Yunlan was very satisfied with this.
“…… You've thought it through. ”
Ji Ling is so smart, after thinking about it for a while, he guessed the whole story. He was not angry or annoyed, but laughed at the delicate mind of the girl in front of him.
Having said that, it was almost over, and Lu Yunlan calculated that it was time for Lianrong to come back and return to her life, so she planned to say goodbye. It's just that before she could speak, she asked in a ghostly manner because she was looking at Ji Ling's face, "Is my cousin good at riding and shooting?" Not only that, but also love it? ”
Ji Ling nodded.
Lu Yunlan was silent for a moment, thinking that the young girl to be married in the capital avoided the eldest young master of the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion who had become an idiot, and suddenly felt pity and bent her knees to bend her knees.
Her tone was very calm, and her words were fast and harsh.
"The sword has no eyes, and the riding and archery are even more so, An Guohou and his wife only have a cousin, if it is...... That's a bargain deal. Not only that, An Guohou and his wife must be heartbroken, and please ...... Please also ask my cousin Su Riri to be more careful. ”
These words came abruptly, and Ji Ling wanted to ask again, but the girl in blue turned around and left.
Under the sycamore tree, the purple-clothed young man pinched the letter paper in his sleeve and suddenly smiled.
"The mountain wind is Lan...... But this temperament is not like ......"
On Mrs. Lusan's birthday, the young lady is qualified to go to eat and drink, but the aunt can only stay in her own yard. Therefore, in the Furong Courtyard today, Aunt Yao is being served by the little girl with sweet soup.
The maid Hongcao lifted the curtain and came in, walked to Aunt Yao's side in small steps, and whispered a few words in her ear.
"Why did she come all of a sudden? Didn't Mengniang call her a good birth...... Guarded? Aunt Yao frowned slightly, as if she was puzzled, but she still asked the little girl to take the soup down first, and then ordered to clean up the things, so that the red calyx brought people in.
Soon, a maid in a light yellow shirt followed Red Calyx into the door. This dress is the ordinary dress of a slave maid in the Guogong Mansion, but this maid is born with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and it is not bad to wear it like this.
"Slave Xuelan, I've seen Aunt Yao."
Aunt Yao sent everyone around her out, leaving only the red calyx and red apricot on the side, and then opened her mouth in a soft tone like spring water in March. Aunt Yao is already petite and feminine, and with such a voice, it makes people let go of their defenses first.
"Xue Lan...... Your old lady asked me to send you to Fenghe Courtyard on an errand, why do you keep running to me? I don't know, I thought I was meddling in the yard next door. ”
Xue Lan was not nervous, but when she heard this, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Where is my aunt, my mother said, although I am on an errand in the Wind Lotus Courtyard, this heart must be towards the Furong Courtyard." ”
Aunt Yao glanced at her, covered her mouth with a fan and smiled.
"What, Miss Fifth treats you badly? Or did Aunt Ruan give you a temperament? ”
"The slave maid is the slave maid of the fifth lady, so I haven't met Aunt Ruan a few times...... It's just that Miss Fifth was at the beginning, "Speaking of this, Xue Lan was inevitably angry - it was nothing to change her name and avoid it, but Fifth Miss and Aunt Ruan made her lose a lot of face in front of other maids - naturally, when Xue Lan was angry, she didn't remember how she wanted to be clever and obedient in front of the two of them, "At the beginning, Fifth Miss could not have chosen a slave maid, since she chose a slave maid, why let the slave maid be so faceless in front of others?" Although Xue Lan is a subordinate, she is also on an errand with her sisters at the same time...... I ......"
In the end, Xue Lan's eyes were red and almost choked.
In fact, Lu Yunlan and the other maids didn't care about her at all, and no one specifically laughed at her, but they were just doing their own work. The first-class maid is a personal attendant, either following the young lady out or guarding the young lady's house in the courtyard to do embroidery work. Lu Yunlan loves lotus rong and thinks that the cuckoo is honest, so she takes the two of them out more often, but as soon as the three of them leave, Xuelan is the largest in the courtyard, how can the little maids give her a look?
It's just that Mrs. Zhao in the kitchen is such a girl, and her appearance is a little colorful, she has been pampered since she was a child, and everything in the family is up to her, which makes Xue Lan look arrogant. But when she entered the house on an errand, the slave and maid were slaves, and the master was the master, everything was clear and irrefutable, Xue Lan couldn't recognize her own situation, and she only thought that she was the only one who was blamed in the garden at that time, and every time she thought about it, she was annoyed.
Aunt Yao was originally from everyone, she was the second daughter, and she only entered the Qingguo Mansion as a concubine in the middle of the family, so she didn't look down on Xue Lan's childish style, but now she was about to use Xue Lan's hand to find out the details of the next door, and it was inconvenient to speak coldly to her.
Thinking of this, Yao Mulian's eyebrows loosened slightly, revealing a little smile.
"You dare to say anything."
Xue Lan said, "The slave's mother is willing to do things for her aunt, and the slave and maid have taken the path of the aunt again, and the slave and maid are naturally also your aunt." ”
"It's not good for anyone to be heard by others." Aunt Yao was wearing a fan with a maid pattern, and a piece of white seed jade was embedded in the handle of the fan, and the tentacles were warm. This fan was still rewarded in the palace for a year, Lu Zhe spoiled her, and knew that she loved the fan, so he gave it to her casually - in the eyes of others, it was because of her deep favor.
"Alright...... Since you said that you want to do something for me, just tell me what you have done, is it the second lady who explained to you? Aunt Yao was not very willing to let Lu Yunmeng interfere in this matter, in her opinion, unmarried girls still have to avoid suspicion, she naturally has a way to complete this kind of thing, why should her daughter do it herself-but since Lu Yunlan has done it, she can't act as if nothing has happened.
Xue Lan nodded, and looked around rather vigilantly.
"The red apricots and red calyxes are all the old people around me, you just say it."
"Yes." Xue Lan answered, took a few steps forward, and said in a low voice, "Second Miss instructed the slave maid to put an agate white chalcedony in Miss Five's dowry box when she went out today. ”
"Sounds familiar." Aunt Yao wrinkled her eyebrows, "It seems to be a lady's thing." ”
The red calyx on the side listened to it, and immediately took the initiative to explain, "It was prepared by the eldest lady to give it to a few young ladies, and the eldest lady took a fancy to the coral bracelet, and said that our second miss is suitable for red, so she took the initiative to say that she would give the agate chalcedony step to the second lady...... Not only the second lady, the third miss likes jasper bracelets, the fourth miss prefers pearl earrings, and the fifth miss also chooses a chrysoprase hairpin. Just wait for the afternoon to send someone to each person's yard......"
The red calyx spoke eloquently, but Aunt Yao was a little uneasy when she heard it, "Madame hasn't rewarded it yet, how did she get it?" ”
The red apricot and the red calyx looked at each other, and they were very embarrassed.
"I'm afraid it's the second lady and Wutong who ...... in private"
"This kid, this kind of thing doesn't even discuss with me!" Aunt Yao was so angry and annoyed after hearing this, she couldn't imagine that Lu Yunmeng was so frizzy and couldn't hold her breath at all, "If she wants...... I have my own way, what do I do to pull out the girl from the sycamore? Last time, I heard that a meal in Lancui Courtyard was seen to be a good one, not only was Wutong beaten, but even the cook was replaced, which made us ......"
Xue Lan vaguely heard what her mother said, and couldn't help but lower her head and pretend to be deaf and dumb. Aunt Yao said a few more words for a while, and when she remembered that there were still outsiders present, she couldn't help but glance at Xue Lan sharply.
"Did you hear it all?"
"Slave maid...... The slave and maid have no ......"
"It's okay to hear it, your wife is also doing things for me, I can't treat you badly," Aunt Yao made up her mind, "It's just that since you're here, presumably Mengniang's explanation of you hasn't come to fruition, you find an opportunity to get the things back unnoticed, and let the girl from Wutong go back to Lancui Courtyard." ”
Xue Lan stood still, her lips curling for a long time and she didn't leave.
"How?" Aunt Yao's slender eyebrows raised, "Put it in the past, can't you get it back?" ”
Xue Lan cried with a sad face, knelt down on the spot, and explained everything in a stack, "Auntie, it was originally ...... Originally, the second lady instructed the slave to attack on the spot, and blamed the stealing on the cuckoo's girl-said that she saw the cuckoo turn over the lady's dowry box--the cuckoo's wife was on an errand in the eldest lady's yard, and it makes sense to steal something...... Then, the second lady asked the slave maid to provoke the eldest lady and the fifth lady to discord in this matter...... But who knows...... Who knew that the fifth lady listened to the slave maid talking about the cuckoo, and she did it hastily, and she didn't care about it at all. ”
The play couldn't go on, so Xue Lan ran to Furong Courtyard in a panic to ask for help.
Her eyelids jumped slightly, and Aunt Yao's voice became imperceptibly anxious.
"She really wasn't angry?"
"Seriously! It's true! Xue Lan said hurriedly, "The fifth lady then sent the slave and maid out to serve, but that thing ...... After an hour or two, the Lancui Yuan must know that it was lost! ”
Pondering her thoughts, Aunt Yao immediately said, "Since you have lost everything, the original method must not be successful." At that time, when Mrs. asked, you said that the fifth lady was young, and for a while she fell in love with the second lady's step, let you take it back secretly! ”
This...... I'm going to blame myself for stealing!
Xue Lan was taken aback, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy again and again, "Aunt save me!" I'm doing things for the second lady! Auntie, please save me! This theft, the slave and maid dare not admit it anyway! ”
Seeing this, Hongxing thought that everyone was a slave and a maid, and she couldn't bear it, so she hesitated to open her mouth to persuade, "Auntie...... Don't we have any other way? Hongcao thought far-reachingly, and also persuaded from the side, "Xue Lan is doing things for the second lady, if you don't get it right, you can ...... if you cause trouble to the young lady."
It's a small matter to deal with a maid, but once Xue Lan is the only daughter of Mrs. Zhao in the kitchen, it will be difficult to run errands for Mrs. Zhao after this girl; Second, Xuelan has a frivolous temperament, if Lu Yunmeng is confessed, how can their mother and daughter gain a foothold in the Qingguo Mansion in the future? When Aunt Yao thought of this section, she couldn't help but have a headache.
"That's it, you do things for Mengniang, I can't turn my face and deny people." Aunt Yao sighed, "But this matter is so big, if you don't persuade the second lady to add fuel to the fire, I really can't help you more!" That's it...... You go back to serve as usual, and you are shaking...... I have my own arrangements. ”
Xue Lan escaped death and hurriedly thanked her and retreated. And the red calyx and red apricot who served on the side all knew that if they didn't still need Mrs. Zhao, why would they leave this girl surnamed Zhao with her life? And the "own arrangement" that my aunt said is just asking others to bear this sin!