Chapter 45: The Rouge Mask
After breakfast was set, Mengxi was waiting for the second master to eat, the second master was eating delicious food, and when he saw Mengxi's pale face on the side, he said:
"Go down, just have the red jade waiting here"
"Then the second master uses it slowly, the concubine will go to the old lady to say goodbye first, does the second master have something to bring to the old lady?"
Xiao Jun was slightly stunned when he heard this, yesterday Mengxi fainted, after the doctor saw it, he also saw the doctor, and heard the doctor say that her body had been greatly injured, but it was good, but for some reason it has not been conditioned, and now it seems to be spiritual, but in fact, the body has long been hollowed out, just a floating spirit, if it is not recuperated from time to time, it will soon fall.
Only then did he believe that she was indeed physically exhausted in the pavilion in the afternoon, and was supported by the third master, only to blame him for being too Meng Lang, and Yuan Pa who remembered the night of the cave room, had a preconceived idea that she was unchaste and misunderstood her.
Zhichun came back and forth Binger's grandmother woke up, he was drinking tea in the red jade house, and he was secretly relieved when he heard it, but he didn't know how to face her, he was the future head of the family, and he was a manly man who stood up to the sky, how could he admit his mistake to a woman, so he simply stayed in the red jade house and didn't look at her.
He didn't think that she would cook breakfast for him, and he thought that she should recuperate for a few more days, but he wouldn't say this if he was killed, and when he saw that she had made breakfast, he brought it in, so he had to follow her, eating delicious food, his stomach was comfortable, and his heart was soft, and he raised his eyes to her pale face, remembering that the doctor didn't let her work, and felt a little distressed and too delicate for her, so he wanted her to go down to rest.
It's a pity that Mengxi obviously didn't understand what he meant, thinking that he didn't want to see her dangling in front of him, so she simply flashed away, thinking that she should go to the old lady to ask for peace, so she said it.
My own grandmother, do you still need to be so polite, filial piety is in your heart, not to mention that the old lady didn't say that she only served him in the courtyard, and didn't need to ask for peace for the time being? Xiao Jun listened to her words that she was going to ask for peace, and secretly blamed her for being troublesome, but he couldn't say anything awkwardly to let her just go down to rest, so he raised his head for a long time and said:
"Go ahead, ask the old lady for me"
Mengxi hurriedly agreed, blessed the second master slightly, and walked into the east house with Zhiqiu's hand.
Sitting in front of the dressing mirror, he helped Zhiqiu to hold a new lily bun, and handed Zhiqiu a jasper butterfly hairpin, pinned it in his hair, and looked at it sideways, nodded with satisfaction, and found that her face was a little pale, she never used rouge, this ancient technology is too backward, and most of the rouge contains lead, which hurts the skin too much, so she has not let the maid smear and wipe it on her face, like wiping the wall. Thinking that she would have time to use some of her own in the future, but at this time, facing the too pale face in the mirror, I was afraid that the old lady would not see it well, so I turned around and told Zhiqiu:
"Let's use some rouge"
"Grandma, what's the matter, the old lady told me not to ask for peace," Zhiqiu said distressedly.
Mengxi sighed secretly, now it's an order, but when he wants to leave her down the day, if he doesn't ask for peace, he will be said to be unfilial, petted and coquettish, and the sin will be great. Thinking of this, she woke up more cautiously, she didn't have the capital to gain a foothold at present, and she had to rely on Xiao Fu, so she couldn't make a mistake.
Seeing that the old lady pushed off the matter of worshipping the ancestral hall, she had a bad premonition, and always felt that something bad would happen, or that the old lady knew something? It's just that because of the half-moon period she had pinched before, she didn't do anything.
Stretched out his hand to take the rouge paddle in Zhiqiu's hand, patted it gently and carefully on his face, and after a while, a ruddy face appeared in the mirror:
"That's good, a woman should be the most beautiful in every moment"
"The second grandmother is naturally beautiful, and when she dresses up like this, it is even more overwhelming", Zhiqiu turned his head to wipe the wet marks from the corners of his eyes, so he said easily.
"You can stay in the courtyard today and continue to learn the rules, and then go out and call Hongzhu to accompany me to the Shouxi Hall."
Mengxi saw Zhiqiu's movements from the mirror, but he didn't see it, and said lightly.
"The slave and maid will accompany the second grandmother to go over, and it will be the same when you come back to study later, the slave and the maid are a little worried about the second grandmother"
"Go ahead, the old lady is very strict, you just entered the mansion, don't let her see the mistake"
"Yes, the slave and maid are going to call Hongzhu, the slave and maid must learn the rules and regulations well, so as not to embarrass the second grandmother" Zhiqiu responded, and turned around to call Hongzhu.
Fu Hongzhu's hand walked out of the main door of the main house, and saw that the second master had finished breakfast, and was accompanied by Hongyu, walking in the courtyard.
"Second Master An"
"Second Master An" Hongzhu also stepped forward to give the second master a salute.
Xiao Jun saw that ruddy face, and suddenly a wave of anger rose, he didn't like her like this, he felt that she was like wearing a mask at this time, a gorgeous mask made of rouge, blocking everyone who tried to get close to her. Why is she holding on like this? He became more and more unable to understand her, and his face darkened.
When Mengxi saw it, he sighed secretly, but he didn't want to see her, so he helped Hongzhu to walk slowly towards the second door, Hongzhu looked at the second master's face that sank instantly, and sighed secretly, this grandmother's fairy-like appearance, what's wrong with it, why do you look at each other with the second master? It's only the slaves who suffer them.
Xiao Jun stood in the courtyard, staring at Mengxi's disappearing figure, his brows twisted into a pimple.
When the two arrived outside the gate, there were already maids and mothers-in-law who had prepared a sedan chair, and when they were there, Hongzhu helped the second grandmother to the sedan chair, and just wanted to put down the sedan curtain, Mengxi's voice came:
"Hongzhu, you can come up too"
"Second Grandma"
"Come up"
"This non-compliance distance"
"I'm a little dizzy, come up and help me a little"
Hongzhu heard the second grandmother say this, hesitated for a moment, raised her feet and stepped into the sedan chair, put down the sedan curtain casually, and ordered to get up the sedan chair, seeing the second grandmother leaning in the sedan chair, slightly closed her eyes, sighed and said:
"The second grandmother is uncomfortable, don't work so hard, just serve the second master well, the old lady won't blame"
After waiting for a while, the second grandmother didn't answer, Hongzhu thought she was asleep, and also shut up, and then suddenly heard the second grandmother ask:
"Hongzhu, do you know how the monthly money in the house is distributed?"
"Back to the second grandmother, there are different rules for different identities this month: for example, the rough maid and the little maid outside have a monthly rule of 5 yuan of silver, and the little maid who follows the master and the master mother has a monthly rule of 1 tael of silver, the big girl has a monthly rule of 2 taels, the aunt is 6 taels of silver per month, and the grandmother's rule is 12 taels per month..."
Mengxi listened, nodded, and asked casually:
"If you want to get out of the Xiao Mansion, are there any rules?"
"Does the second grandmother want to get out of the Xiao Mansion?"