Chapter 17: Meet Li Xia
"Xu, Xu Ruoqing!" Two panicked servants shouted.
"Yo, I haven't seen you for two months, and you've become so bold? Dare to call Miss Ben's name. It seems that you haven't suffered enough. Xu Ruoqing sighed sarcastically.
"No, no, we definitely don't have the idea of being disrespectful to Miss." The two hurriedly tried to clarify themselves.
The two of them thought that after two months of mental construction, they would be able to get rid of the psychological shadow of Xu Ruoqing. But they didn't expect that when they saw Xu Ruoqing again, their so-called mental construction was completely useless.
"Forget it, since I'm back safe and sound, I can't let you stay idle like this anymore. You have to keep an eye on all the yards, and report any disturbances immediately. ”
"Yes."
"By the way, I remember that there are not three of you, why are there only two left." Xu Ruoqing asked curiously.
"Miss Hui, he was ordered to work in the courtyard of the sixth son." The two of them replied honestly with trepidation.
Six sons? Xu Ruoqing thought about it and pulled out this person's information from her memory. His name is Xu Yuanlong, and he is the only son of the Wang family.
"Okay, I got it. You also told him that the Wang family must keep an eye on it. ”
turned out to be the son of the Wang family, this is really God's arrangement. Xu Ruoqing couldn't help but smile.
"Also, what's going on in the house for two months?" Calling these two people into the house, Xu Ruoqing sat on a chair and asked.
The two people standing told everything they had done in the past two months. Xu Ruoqing secretly remembered it.
"Finally, two days ago, the fourth lady came back from the flower court meeting and had an illness, and more than a dozen doctors came in and out of the house, but they didn't seem to be sure. Because of this incident, the lord grounded Mrs. Wang in the courtyard. ”
Wang's grounded? No wonder she said why she didn't see Wang's figure today. I see.
"Alright, Miss Ben knows, you all go back to work. Don't forget what Miss Ben said. ”
Xu Ruoqing motioned for both of them to leave.
"Well, you've learned most of it, right?" Xu Ruoqing turned her head and looked at the two maids behind her.
These two maids were given to her by Zhonglizheng, one is called Xiao Xing and the other is called Xiao Tao. Both of them are excellent, and most importantly, their martial arts are not bad.
Xiao Tao and Xiao Xing nodded, indicating that they understood.
"Then in the future, we will have to find out the news in many ways. Also," Xu Ruoqing glanced at the two of them and said, "Don't be afraid to do things, I, Xu Ruoqing, will not be bullied." Have fun. ”
"Yes, miss." The two nodded again.
"Well, good. Do you still have any questions? If you don't have one, go and see your house. Xu Ruoqing was very satisfied with the calmness of these two people.
"Yes, miss."
"What?"
"Here...... The supplies are not very complete and a lot of things are missing. Xiao Tao said.
Is it? Xu Ruoqing raised her eyes and looked around the room. Sure enough, as Xiao Tao said, some of the furniture, tables and chairs, curtains, screens and other objects here are either in tatters or have disappeared.
The corners of Xu Ruoqing's mouth twitched, this must have something to do with the Wang family.
"If you need anything to change or something you need to change, you should write it down and ask the steward for it. If not, come back to me. ”
"Yes, miss."
So the two of them began to carefully inspect the house, writing down the things that needed to be replaced.
Seeing the two of them working hard, Xu Ruoqing was even more satisfied.
A few days later, Zhongli Zheng really came to visit him.
Xu Ruoqing smiled and went to Xu Ruoyan's courtyard and invited her to the front hall to chat with Zhong Lizheng.
Not surprisingly, Xu Ruoyan shirked that he was infected with the wind cold and could not see guests. But he didn't expect Zhong Lizheng to bring a doctor to the house.
Seeing Xu Ruoyan frowning bitterly and drinking the medicine carefully made by the doctor produced in the Southern Regions, Xu Ruoqing was in a particularly good mood.
And Xu Ruoyan regretted it very much at this time. She thought that Xu Ruoqing was left perfunctorily under the pretext, but she didn't expect Zhong Lizheng to bring a doctor, and the reputation was that it was for Xu Ruoqing's follow-up. Then I also gave myself a bowl of special medicine by the way.
Xu Ruoyan had candied fruit in his mouth, and felt that the medicine in the Southern Regions had been bitter out of the sky. If he hadn't lied to her that he was sick, he probably wouldn't have had to take such a bitter medicine. Xu Ruoyan felt that not only his mouth was full of bitterness at the moment, but also his heart.
Leaving from Xu Ruoyan's courtyard and on the way back to send Zhong Lizheng, Zhong Lizheng asked Xu Ruoqing if he wanted to join an autumn outing for a few days.
Looking at Xu Ruoqing's puzzled expression, Zhongli patiently introduced to her the benefits of this autumn outing. What to make friends, see the scenery, eat and the like, everything hit Xu Ruoqing's heart.
So she agreed.
"Okay, let's get it. I'll come here to pick you up when the time comes? Zhong Lizheng warmly invited.
"No thanks. I'll take the car myself, and you can just tell me the address. Considering the rumors, Xu Ruoqing still decided to go over by herself.
"Good. If something goes wrong then, you ask Xiaoxing to come and talk to me. Zhongli said with a grin.
Xu Ruoqing also smiled. She nodded at Zhong Lizheng, indicating that she remembered.
......
Three days later, Xu Ruoqing stood at the main gate of Xu's mansion and waited for Xiao Tao to drive the carriage over.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Tao appeared in front of her with an ugly face.
"Miss, I've spoken to the housekeeper several times. But he pretended to be stupid and insisted on giving us this broken carriage. After speaking, Xiao Tao looked at the ordinary carriage behind him, the carriage was already a little dilapidated, and even the driver who was driving the carriage was listless and dead.
This is clearly to make things difficult for them.
Xiao Xing's face also changed, and said, "Miss, you are the concubine of Zhongshuling, and you use this kind of carriage to travel, this is ...... Do you want the slave to say to Lord Zhongli and ask Lord Zhongli to send a carriage? ”
The travel of the concubine of Zhongshuling represents the face and glory of the house.
Since the steward dared to do this, then he must have been willed.
"No need. They don't care about these faces, so why should we help them take care of them. What's more, it is not certain who will suffer. Let's go. Xu Ruoqing sneered and beckoned the two maids to get into the carriage.
Xiao Tao and Xiao Xing glanced at each other and felt that what Xu Ruoqing said made sense, so they followed Xu Ruoqing into the carriage.
As for the comments after that, let it be. Anyway, in the end, it was the face of the Xu Mansion that was lost, so maybe who was the last to take the blame.
The coachman lifted the rope and slowly drove the carriage out.
Wolling Mountain is a famous mountain outside the city. Not only is the scenery beautiful, but even the surrounding Yueling River is exceptionally clear. It is the most suitable place for the children of the capital family.
Xu Ruoqing motioned for the coachman to wait for him nearby. So he took the two maids to the meeting place.
Near the meeting place, Xu Ruoqing suddenly saw the two young ladies who met at the county lord's mansion at that time - Wu Xiaomei and Nie Qingxin.
The two of them got together at this time and whispered something between them.
"Hey, are you looking at them too?" A woman in a rose-colored underskirt approached and said.
Xu Ruoqing looked at this girl who smiled kindly and gave people a good impression in surprise.
"Ah, forgot...... Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Xia, what about you? Li Xia blinked and smiled at Xu Ruoqing.
"My name is Xu Ruoqing." Xu Ruoqing felt that this Li Xia's heartiness was very appetizing to her.
"You are the rumored concubine who has been sick in the Xu Mansion for a long time?" Li Xia looked at her in surprise.
"yes." Xu Ruoqing looked at Li Xia's surprise with amusement, and felt that she didn't expect that she would also become the rumored person.
"You look very thin, not sturdy at all. But you are sick for a long time......" Li Xia looked at Xu Ruoqing carefully.
Xu Ruoqing smiled and took the hem of her skirt around.
"You look like you're full of red light and full of energy, but you really don't look like you've been sick for a long time. It's like a lively and cheerful girl next door. Li Xia said firmly.
"Hahaha." Xu Ruoqing accidentally laughed. This is the first time she has been said to be the girl next door. Usually it would be nice if someone didn't say that she was annoying.
"Why, seeing you smiling so happily, am there anything wrong with me?" Li Xia asked suspiciously.
Xu Ruoqing covered her stomach with one hand, swayed her other hand again and again, and then said, "No, no, I'm just very happy that you can praise me like this." You are also very cheerful and a very cheerful person. ”
"Well, this isn't the first time I've heard you. But I have to admit that you have a vision, and I am indeed a generous and hearty person. Li Xia nodded and accepted Xu Ruoqing's praise without any psychological burden.
Xu Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, and then she was in a good mood again.
I saw Li Xia say again: "As for me, I also like to make friends the most, you must not have gone out often before, right?" But that's okay, I'll take you around here today, if there's anything you'd like to go to, what you want to know, just ask me. ”
Li Xia patted her chest happily, and Xu Ruoqing's eyes ached with a confident and bright smile.
Since she woke up again in this body, she has never seen anyone who can show herself so much enthusiasm and kindness when they first met. Over time, she had become accustomed to seeing a person first figuring out the purpose of his approach.
Maybe the five princes also had this kind of kindness, but this is still different. Intuition told her that the smile Li Xia gave her did not have any purpose or burden, only pure happiness.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you." It would be fun to make a friend like that.
"It's still a little bit before their autumn trip starts, how about we go here for a look first, and then go to the meeting place to recognize their faces?" Li Xia said with a quick plan with great interest.
"Okay, just do as you say. I've never seen it around here. Xu Ruoqing actually didn't care whether she knew those people or not. But now that she's made a friend, why not listen to her friend's opinion?