It is not reasonable to let Duan Niang investigate this matter, she is a servant woman in the inner house, but Gu Xiyan has no other people available, Duan Niang asked a few people secretly, and the information she got from Grandma Sun was not accurate and fragmented. Gu Xiyan couldn't either, so she had to let Duanniang put it in her heart and have a chance to inquire slowly.

They were busy marking the precious plants in Xiuhe Garden, and Huilan was still running around them very enthusiastically, often pulling Gu Xiyan to the forest to sit down and rest: "Girl, just let me help Duanniang here."

Gu Xiyan is not a hypocritical person, since there is someone to help, who wants to stand under the sun and be sunburned and red. But sitting in the forest, Gu Xiyan couldn't help but sigh when she looked at Huilan's light figure like a bird.

Life can be strange sometimes. If Huilan hadn't met Cui Baoyi, she wouldn't have learned so many things, and there would be no beautiful and smart Huilan today; But because she has learned so many things from Cui Baoyi, will she have more ambitions and higher pursuits than ordinary girls? Will she be unhappy with her identity in her heart?

This is a question that no one can answer.

Gu Xiyan sat in the forest, and often heard the sound of silk and bamboo coming from the edge of Yuanxiang Lake, which reminded her of the immortal class and her Huqin teacher, Mr. Huang.

Speaking of which, since she returned to the Gu Mansion, she hadn't seen Mr. Huang again.

She took advantage of Duanniang and Huilan's efforts to call Mo Ju, and wrote a letter to Mr. Huang through Cui Baoyi's place, greeting everyone in the immortal class, and asked how the new play was rehearsed, whether the burlesque performed in Yiwen Teahouse was still so popular, and said some general information about herself, and finally asked Mr. Huang if there was any way for him to learn to play the huqin with him.

Mo Ju was a ghost elf, and he slipped from the grass by Yuanxiang Lake to the willow pavilion in the gap.

After a while, Mo Ju came back and whispered to her, "Mr. Huang is no more." Aunt Qin received the letter and said that it would be handed over to Mr. Huang. ”

Gu Xiyan was a little strange, when she was in the immortal class before, Mr. Huang would never go out if it wasn't for the sake of the play. "But are they ready for a new play?" she asked. ”

Mo Ju whispered: "I didn't say it." Probably not. When I went, I saw a lot of people in the courtyard. It's like a rehearsal. ”

Gu Xiyan still wanted to ask a few words, but saw Duan Niang and Huilan walking towards this side with a smile. stopped the topic and gave Mo Ju a look. Mo Ju blinked in understanding, and said loudly: "Aunt Duan, Sister Huilan, come here to rest, I'll make you a good pot of tea." ”

One afternoon, they were in the Yuanxiang Building where Aunt Cui lived in Xiuhe Garden, and Mo Ju came in and called Gu Xiyan: "Girl, come and see, which of these two pots of chrysanthemums are left, Aunt Duan asked me just now." I didn't hear clearly......"

Duanniang was about to go out, Gu Xiyan stopped Duanniang: "I'll go." This account book is boring, just go out and take a look. ”

"It's okay" Duanniang said with a smile, "The magnolia flowers next to Dicui Pavilion are blooming beautifully, let Mo Ju accompany the girl to see the flowers."

Gu Xiyan went out and smiled back at Duan Niang, but she caught the contempt that didn't have time to disappear at the corner of Huilan's mouth.

She couldn't help but sigh again

When Mo Ju saw Gu Xiyan come out, she pulled her to the edge of the bamboo forest next to the courtyard and stuffed something to her. Gu Xiyan knew it. Pulling Mo Ju and said, "Let's go, let's go to Dicui Pavilion." Look at the magnolia flowers. ”

Next to the woods, there is a two-room small brick and wood structure on the second floor, and the magnolia trees with high eaves and thick bowls are blooming and falling branches, and the trees are full of withered white petals, which are spread on the ground like snow. Gu Xiyan sat on a stone chair under the tree and read the letter. Mo Ju stood beside her, looking around nervously.

Mr. Wong's letter was written only a few lines. said that he had some personal matters to do during this time, and he couldn't teach her the huqin for the time being. I'll see you in the future.

Gu Xiyan read it several times, and felt that his tone between the lines was a bit stiff.

Could it be because he hid his identity from him when he was in the immortal class, so he is angry now.

Gu Xiyan thought about it repeatedly, but couldn't get an answer.

I feel sorry for Mr. Huang to be patient and careful when he taught him to learn the huqin. But she is not a person who drills the horns of the bull, so she will not be depressed because of this.

She tore up the letter and spilled it in Yuanxiang Lake, and then returned to Yuanxiang Building with Mo Ju, while Duanniang and Huilan were still counting their belongings. Gu Xiyan stepped forward and took a look, the hairpin with the word Huilan was dignified and beautiful, very beautiful, and hundreds of times stronger than her.

She couldn't help but sigh again.

Xiuheyuan's things have not been rectified yet, and Mama Wu has already gone to Da'anfang to see the house, and she is very satisfied, and she is anxious to move, but Huilan is full of embarrassment: "It's June soon, my aunt's is going to be dried, and some of the clothes and daily utensils left behind must be cleaned up......."

Mrs. Gu did a good job to the end: "It's not in a hurry, you just clean it up slowly." ”

Mama Wu thought about it for a while, so she had to run on both sides, and Huilan came out to speak again: "You can clean up the basement over there with peace of mind, there is me here." It just so happens that you can also be busy with the second girl. ”

Mama Wu naturally didn't say anything anymore.

Huilan came and went, and soon became familiar with the people of Beyuandi, especially Xinghong, the "sister" was the most affectionate, and Mo Ju also felt that Huilan was very good, beautiful, literate, and diligent in doing things, but she was always more alert than Xinghong, and faintly felt that Gu Xiyan was a little mindful of Huilan, so she didn't dare to be too intimate with Huilan.

In a blink of an eye, on the second day of the sixth month, Gu Xiyan greeted Mrs. Gu, saying that she wanted to go to the new line class to make a few new clothes, and asked Mrs. Gu to go with her.

Mrs. Gu was a little hesitant, Gu Xiyan knew that she was worried about money, and said, "Mother will go together." I think my daughter hasn't been filial to her mother since she returned to Shengjing, so I'll ask my daughter to make you a new dress this time."

Mrs. Gu was a little moved, hesitated for a while, and said, "How can I let you break the bank, I really can't leave because of something at home." I also know that I have been wronged by you for more than a year, let Duan Niang go to the account room to pay the silver, and do whatever you want to do beautiful clothes, no matter what, you are indispensable. ”

Gu Xiyan insisted for a while, but Mrs. Gu's attitude was very resolute, and she was not reluctant. But when she left the garden, she still went to Mama Tian and asked Mrs. Gu about her size.

Back in Beyuan, I didn't expect Huilan to be talking to Duan Niang with a smile, and when she saw Gu Xiyan coming back, she smiled and said, "I heard that the girl is going to make clothes in red clothes tomorrow." Last month, my aunt was going to enter the palace, and the new clothes were also made there, and the craftsmanship was so good. If I don't dislike it, I want to follow the girl to have a good time, what does the girl think? After speaking, he looked at Gu Xiyan with big eyes, full of longing.

Duan Niang gave Gu Xiyan a look on the side.

No matter what her idea is, the soldiers will block it, and the water will flood, I'm still afraid that you won't succeed

Gu Xiyan smiled indifferently and said casually: "Okay, let's go and have a good time."

Duan Niang let out a moan.

As soon as the sun rose the next day, the corner gate of Gu's mansion was wide open, and a four-wheeled carriage slowly shook out and drove towards Dongshi.

Shengjing's East Market, one of the most prosperous bazaars in the Xia Kingdom, teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, sedan chairs, horseback riders, burden-bearers, small traders with big umbrellas to sell and buy, donkeys to transport goods, hanging flags to see fortune-telling blind...... There was a lot of noise and loud talking, and people were crowded everywhere.

For a while, Gu Xiyan sat in front of the door of Yiwen Teahouse and watched these people come and go.

The red dress is on a lively alley next to the East Market. Unlike the other shops in the East Market, there is also a spacious Guangliang Gate next to her for the carriages and horses of the ladies to enter. When Gu Xiyan and the others arrived, several carriages and sedan chairs had been parked at the door, and from time to time women wearing hats left or arrived accompanied by women and servants. It can be seen that Hongshang's business is very good.

After getting out of the car, someone immediately greeted him. Naturally, the blue-hat maid received the coachmen or the male servants, and the green-skirted woman was responsible for receiving the female dependents. Gu Xiyan and his party followed the woman in Tsing Yi who received them through the spacious square and entered a hanging flower door, and there were other women in the door who were responsible for receiving them.

The woman called herself "Sixth Aunt" and asked which girl it was.

Duan Niang replied, "Tongyi Fang Gu Mansion", and the smile on the sixth aunt's face became even brighter, and she said, "It turned out to be the treasure of Lord Gu of Honglu Temple, the girl must be the second girl of Gu Shang......" and other greetings politely took them through a courtyard of grass and trees to serve tea in a side room.

The layout in the wing room is very simple, a low couch, a square table in the middle, four Taishi chairs with autumn fragrant color money group flower seat cushions, clean up, neat and tidy, the tea leaves and tea sets used for drinking tea are also very particular, the tea cup is as thin as cicada wings, and the tea leaves are new and green.

The sixth aunt spoke respectfully to Gu Xiyan: "The girl is here for the first time, I don't know if she wants to make clothes or shoes and socks?" ”

This is the most high-end custom clothing store in Xia Kingdom, look at the service of others, look at the management of others...... What's funny is that I was going to come out to do some business and make some money......

She took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I want to make two sets of summer clothes for my mother, do you have any good recommendations?" ”

The sixth aunt went out and whispered a few words to a person, and immediately a little girl came in with a red lacquer plate with a few clothes of different colors, and the sixth aunt showed them to Gu Xiyan one by one with a smile on her face: "The girl will take a look at the style first, and then we will take a sample of the fabric for the girl......"

Gu Xiyan saw that the sixth aunt was showing some styles that were very suitable for people in their twenties, and the admiration in her heart couldn't help but intensify a little.

Hongshang even knows how old the head of the Gu family is, and with this carefulness, she can be invincible.