Chapter 19: The Quiet Girl

In the matter of her leaving the house, Zhao Yin was surprisingly stubborn, and Xu Jiao finally failed to earn the right to be free, and was still tied up in this high-gate compound to sit and eat and wait for death!

Zhao Yin doesn't know what he's busy with now? If you count the time, you shouldn't have seen anyone else for almost two months.

Xu Jiao sighed a few times, and looked at the black-faced "door god" at the courtyard gate again: "How long do you want to guard?" Isn't it tiring to stand in black during the day? ”

"Back to the princess, my subordinates are not tired, and my subordinates have changed their guards." The black-faced door god replied very sincerely.

Xu Jiao rolled her eyes in her heart. Suddenly, a few girls and two little girls flashed at the door, pushing a cart, and there were several boxes of vegetables, vegetables and fruits on it, which were the few that the house was responsible for purchasing, and then they took it into account.

So, that night, Xu Jiao gave a death order to her maid Dong'er: "Go and buy a girl, it will be more convenient for me to have you if I want something in the future." ”

Dong'er frowned: "Niangniang, this is not good, the slave has to take care of you from time to time, the prince said, you can't make any mistakes in the past two years." ”

Xu Jiao looked at the group of girls behind her: "There are six or seven people here, how can I still use you, you just have to go, I have my own plans." ”

Dong'er couldn't help it, so she had to go to the lower room to get an errand, change her clothes and return to her.

Xu Jiao asked: "Don't go out to buy today?" ”

"Niangniang, everything is bought today, and the housekeeper will arrange to go out to buy tomorrow." Dong'er replied with some resentment.

Xu Jiao nodded, looked at the coffee-colored clothes on her body and asked, "How many clothes did you send?" ”

"It's just one, what does the mother mean?"

Xu Jiao was not happy, and said to her: "You are stupid, how to change your clothes, go to the housekeeper and ask for two more clothes, just say what this princess said, this princess will send two buying girls in the courtyard." ”

So, Dong'er obediently went to the housekeeper and asked for two sets of clothes. Xu Jiao smiled secretly, and finally seized the opportunity to go out!

On the second day, two shopping girls came out of the main courtyard, one was Dong'er, and the other had a dark face.

When the two came to the gate of the mansion, the stewards who were able to catch up with the purchase were taking a roll call one by one, and finally raised their necks and asked, "Have the two girls from the princess's new school in the main courtyard arrived?" ”

Xu Jiao and Dong'er hurriedly stood up: "It's here." ”

"What's the name, report it." The steward asked, holding a brush with a broken rod in his mouth.

"Dong'er." Dong'er replied crisply. With a wave of the steward's big hand, he added her name to the roster, and then turned his head and asked Xu Jiao, "What about you?" ”

Xu Jiao tugged at her sleeves and stepped forward and said, "I, my name is Shushu." ”

"Books? It's quite a cultured name. The steward praised her and wrote it to her.

"Shushu" is Xu Jiao's nickname, at home, her parents have always called her Shushu, she thought that instead of thinking of an unfamiliar name, it is better to report her nickname, so as not to be late to respond.

"It's not a book, it's a 'quiet girl's sister.'" She corrected it in time.

The steward handed her the broken brush: "Write it yourself!" ”

Xu Jiao bit her lip, took the brush and the roster, and glanced at the names of the people who were written by the steward, Xu Jiao found that these words were the same as the traditional Chinese characters in ancient times, so she resigned herself to writing her name one by one, but fortunately, the traditional Chinese character of "Shu" was the same.

The steward was not an eventful man, so he took back the roster and led the people towards the bazaar.

Shangjing is worthy of being Shangjing, this degree of prosperity, Xu Jiao feels, in addition to the absence of brilliant lights and piercing whistles, there is a fight with the modern commercial plaza here!

The steward stopped at a tea shop on the street and instructed everyone: "Okay, go and buy the goods of each house, and you will still gather here to go home." ”

So, the girls and maids in each room dispersed.

Xu Jiao pulled Dong'er to leave, but was blocked by the steward: "You two girls are here for the first time, are you familiar with the road?" Don't throw yourself away when the time comes. ”

Xu Jiao looked up at the meticulously combed steward and nodded affirmatively: "Don't worry, big brother steward, we can find it." ”

The person in charge said: "My name is Zhao Ping, you can call me Brother Zhao, I'll take you for a day today, follow me, don't get lost." ”

Xu Jiao didn't expect that this steward was such a "reliable" person, so she had to respond, and after thinking about it, it was better to have an acquaintance lead the way than to bump into a headless fly.

Dong'er stepped forward and pulled her sleeve hard, and whispered to her with a bitter face: "Princess~ If the prince knows, she will kill the slave and maid." ”

Xu Jiao patted the back of her hand and comforted: "Don't worry, the prince won't know." Zhao Ping put the cart in the tea shop, let the tea shop owner take care of it, and then strode forward.

Xu Jiao followed behind Zhao Ping with excitement on her face, but Dong'er followed behind her with a depressed face.

Zhao Ping turned around and saw that her little black face was full of excitement, and he couldn't help but crack his mouth and laugh: "The little girl doesn't come out often, right?" ”

Xu Jiao nodded: "Thank you, Brother Zhao, for taking care of you." ”

Zhao Ping smiled and waved his hand at her: "You just came, it makes sense for me to take you for a day, the prince is still very concerned about the little princess, and he has already ordered everyone in the palace not to be careless, don't look at the princess now, don't see how much the princess doesn't enter the princess's dormitory, maybe when, the princess will be the only favor, and when the time comes, the two younger sisters will have to bring some brother me." ”

Xu Jiao hurriedly responded: "If there is that day, I will definitely not forget Brother Zhao." ”

Dong'er hurriedly stretched out her hand and pulled her sleeve: "Miss, don't talk to people too much, beware of being exposed." Xu Jiao slapped her hand away quietly, and walked forward while chatting leisurely behind Zhao Ping.

Along the way, Xu Jiao couldn't help but run in to take a walk around and understand the market.

Zhao Ping also swayed by her: "I said Sister Shushu, what does the princess want to buy today?" Brother, I'll take you to buy it, and after I buy it, my brother will take you to a good place to play. ”

Xu Jiao frowned and said: "When I went out in the morning, my mother said that she had never been in Beijing, she didn't know the way, and she didn't know what new things she wanted, but she didn't deliberately say what she wanted?" I just said that Sister Dong'er and I would go out for her and tell her about it. ”

Zhao Ping frowned: "That's it?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Jiao nodded solemnly.

Zhao Ping shook his head: "Alas~ It seems that the rumors are true, there are rumors in the market that the princess Niangniang was very strictly guarded when she was still in the Guogong Mansion, and she couldn't move around at will in her own mansion, not to mention the annual Rensheng Festival (the seventh day of the first lunar month, according to legend, that day is the day when Nuwa Niangniang made people from the soil, so it is the birthday of human beings. ), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month), Wanhua Festival (February 12, according to legend, this day is the birthday of the god of flowers), Qixi Festival and other fun festivals, have been banned by the Guogong Mansion, and have never been out, which is really pitiful. ”