Luofu is customized, and each room is key at the beginning of the year.

At the end of the day, I returned to Shiba-in.

The little maids hurriedly stepped forward to take the umbrella, squatted down and took off her wooden shoes, and welcomed her into the house.

Another little maid came up with a hand stove.

She shook her head and ordered, "Fetch water to clean my face, and I will go to the eldest lady to reply." ”

The little maids didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly took clean dresses for her to change, fetched hot water to clean her face, combed her hair again, looked at the tidying up, picked up the hot hand stove on the side and warmed it for a while, and then went to the big lady's house.

The third aunt was taking a few little maids to do needlework around the brazier in the hall, and when she saw Luo Qiao, she smiled and said, "Is it scattered over there?" Why did you come back so early? ”

Luo Qiao smiled: "It hasn't dispersed yet." A few corals are drinking and having fun! As he spoke, he stepped forward to look at the work in the hands of the third aunt, "This carp is really freshly embroidered." It's embroidered for Miss Five, right? ”

Aunt Ke's eyes showed a hint of tenderness: "I'm idle, make her a comprehensive skirt." I just wore it at the beginning of spring next year. ”

Luo Qiao said a few words to Aunt Ke, got up and went upstairs to the eldest lady's bedroom: "...... Go and say hello to the eldest lady! ”

"The eldest lady is talking to Mother Xu!" Aunt Ke embroidered the carp in her hand without raising her head, "Say that you will wait for something!" ”

As the saying goes, "Nobody will be seen"!

Luo Qiao smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart, but the smile on his face was very bright: "There must be a little maid waiting next to me, I'll show my face, if the eldest lady asks, lest I go there for me, and I don't know how to play day and night!" ”

Aunt Ke raised her head and smiled: "Yes." Fu lowered his head and went about the work in hand.

Luo Qiao went upstairs lightly.

Upstairs was quiet, except for a little maid sitting by the stairs around a brazier with a handh stove in her hand. The dim light that came out of the curtain of the door of the east bedroom was stretched out, and there was a lonely silence reflected on the dark brown wooden floor.

Hearing the sound of light footsteps, the little maid raised her head sharply, and when she saw the falling wings, she laughed.

Luo Qiao didn't wait for her to speak, and ordered, "You go and give it!" The eldest lady is waiting for me to reply! ”

The little maid hesitated, sank her steps and walked to the front of the curtain.

"Let her in!" There was a tiredness in the eldest lady's voice that could not be concealed.

Luo Qiao tugged at the corner of his clothes, and then walked in.

The maids and women who usually serve in the house are all gone, only an octagonal palace lamp is lit on the stuffy cupboard on the eight-step bed corridor, and the bean-sized light shines on the big red five-bats holding the embroidered shoes on the feet in front of the bed, and the red lacquer high cabinets placed around are now black shadows rushing towards the light, like a devouring beast.

"It's back!" The eldest lady snuggled on the big pillow at the head of the bed, and her fair face was half hidden and half visible next to Da Hongluo's tent, "Mother Xu, give her a seat." ”

Mother Xu, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, got up with a smile and put a small pestle on the head of the bed.

Luo bowed his knees and thanked the eldest lady, and sat down on the small pestle.

"How's it going over there?"

The eldest lady sat up straight, her piercing eyes glinting in the darkness.

Luo Qiao paused, and then said thoughtfully: "When I went, I saw the ...... of Wu Xiao's family" She glanced at the eldest lady, wanting to see clearly what the eldest lady's expression was, I don't know if the light was too dim, or the eldest lady didn't show anything unusual, Luo Qiao found nothing. "And the corals, emeralds, hawksbill turtles, rhododendrons and Du Wei in our house. The rain tung, the acacia, the white beads and the gold beads in the house of the twelve young ladies. Holly in Miss Eleven's house sat at a table with Wu Xiao's family and Amber and Coral, while Binju, Qiu Ju, and Zhu Xiang served on the side. A total of four flavor dishes, four cold dishes, four hot dishes, ten dishes, and one soup were made. I didn't wait for Xi to disperse before I returned. Don't know what the staple food is? ”

"There is no movement in the house of Wu Niang and Shi Niang?" The eldest lady's voice was a little cold.

Luo Qiao hurriedly said: "I heard that the fifth lady sent the crape myrtle in the house over and sent two packs of Xinyang hair tips as a congratulatory gift; Miss Ten went to the house with a hundred branches, and gave a purse and a sweat towel. ”

The eldest lady was silent for a long time and said, "You can retreat!" ”

Luo got up, bowed his head and walked out.

The eldest lady asked Xu's mother, "What do you see?" ”

"My wife is like a mirror in her heart." Mother Xu smiled gently, "Where do you need slaves to interject." ”

The eldest lady sighed and patted Mother Xu's hand: "In the end, only our master and servant will be left." ”

Mother Xu was moved, and the corners of her eyes flashed: "Mrs. said discouraged words again." Your family is big, your children and grandchildren are full, and you can't find someone more blessed than you. ”

The eldest lady sighed, fell down dejectedly, and leaned on the big pillow: "I don't know if it's useful?" ”

Mother Xu got up and leaned over to support the eldest lady's back, pulled out the pillow she was leaning on, and slowly let the eldest lady lie down.

"There is no one in this world who is not worthy. It's just up to you how you use it! Her voice was gentle, unhurried, and had a kind of calming calmness, "The eldest lady is the smartest person I have ever met in this world, you think, she must have thought of it; What you didn't expect, she must have thought of too. You are the one who gave birth to her and raised her, I watched her grow up, at this time, we don't help her, who will help her? You just don't believe in your own eyes, but you also have to believe in the eyes of the eldest lady. What's more, the eldest lady has been in Beijing in the past few years, and there is such a group of rich and noble people who come and go, and her vision is already different. O you, just put this heart back in its place and live a comfortable life in peace. As he spoke, he tucked the horns.

"Dongqing, you can sleep with me today!" A smile appeared on the corner of the eldest lady's mouth, "We haven't talked like this for a long time. ”

Mother Xu laughed: "I haven't slept on my wife's bed for many years, and it's weird." So saying, he went out and asked the little maid to roll up the cover and come in.

******

At this time, the warm pavilion was lively. Holly glanced at Binju and quietly returned to the Green Tower.

“…… The eldest lady received a letter from the eldest lady after taking a nap, and without a cup of tea, the third grandmother of Xifu came to discuss the matter of the eldest lady's sacrifice to the field, and it was Du Wei who went in to pass the ceremony. Holly and Eleven Niang sat around the brazier, "It was a north wind that day, and I don't know who opened the window lattice behind the stairwell, and when she entered, the curtain hit the door frame, and it clanged loudly. The eldest lady smashed a teacup at that time, and almost smashed it on Du Wei's head. ”

The Luo family once divided the family in the hands of the old lady, the old lady divided the east courtyard of the original Luo Mansion, and a cousin of the old lady divided the west courtyard of the Luo Mansion. Everyone shouted for the east and west provinces.

Eleven Niang used tongs to pull out the red-hot silver frost charcoal in the brazier.

In other words, after the eldest lady received the letter from the eldest master, she was so angry that she was angry with the little maid who was lifting the curtain.

"I received the uncle's letter at dinner." Holly sorted out the news she heard, "Because the eldest lady lost her temper in the afternoon, everyone was trembling. At that time, it was Jade who was serving on the side, and after receiving the letter, the eldest lady pinched the letter and said nothing. got up and walked around the house a few times, and then called someone to invite Xu's mother to come. The two of them talked alone in the house for most of the night. ”

Eleven Niang was stunned.

Could it be that the eldest lady is the kind of person who is calmer the more she encounters major events? Or was it a mistake? No, even if I guessed wrong, did the eldest aunt and the second aunt also guess wrong? Wu Xiao's family, did they guess wrong?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but get up and paced around the room.

This banquet was originally a litmus test. The attitudes of the five mothers, ten mothers, and twelve mothers are the same as usual. What is unusual is Wu Xiao's family and Luo Qiao - both of them are too enthusiastic, but these two are the people who can best understand the thoughts of the eldest wife. Especially Wu Xiao's family, she walked in the inner courtyard by herself and made friends with every house. The husband is also the head of the Luo family, and he is in charge of all the external affairs of the Luo family. What's the matter, her news should be the most well-informed......

Eleven Niang couldn't help but stop.

"What about Mother Wu? Did Mother Wu have any special moves? Or, what strange things were said? ”

Holly was slightly stunned, lowered her head and pondered for a long time, and hesitated: "Mother Wu has been listening to us......" At this point, she was suddenly shocked, "By the way, halfway through the wine, Mother Wu asked me to accompany her to the clean room." She pouted and said something very strange to me. ”

Eleven Niang couldn't help but walk over and sit next to Holly.

"What did you say?"

Seeing that Eleven Niang looked nervous and attached so much importance to what Wu Xiao's family said, Holly thought for a while and repeated what Wu Xiao's family said as it was: "She said: It's still happy here." Back at home, it's often alone, deserted. In our family, we were busy tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall every day, and we didn't have the time to look at me. It's just that if you please this, you offend that. I flattered that one, and offended this one. Not people inside and out. No, it was passed to the eldest lady by Luo Qiao early this morning. When I came back, I had a sad face until now. Unlike Lu Yonggui, who went to Yanjing with the eldest lady, he didn't see him for a few years, but he bought a house in Yanjing and lived the life of a Beijinger. This is really the Prime Minister's porter seven-rank official! I, I'm too lazy to look at his face, and take this opportunity to go outside and have fun. lest he think that I have nowhere to play if I stay in the inner house. ”

The east wall was demolished and the west wall was replaced...... It's not good to be a man at both ends...... was passed by Luo Qiao to see the eldest lady...... When I came back, I was sad...... is not like Lu Yonggui, who went to Yanjing with the eldest lady...... Lazy to look at her face...... Take this opportunity to go outside and have fun......

What does Wu Xiao's family want to express?

The two of them are the henchmen of the eldest wife!

And what was there to suggest to her at the risk of offending the eldest lady?

Eleven Niang fell into deep thought.

"Later, when we returned to the Warm Pavilion, Luo Qiao was already gone. Emerald is arranging forsythia. ”

"Oh!" Eleven Niang came back to her senses, "What did she say?" ”

Holly smiled, "You know, the two of them have never been right. It seems that something went wrong when Forsythia was on an errand, and he was slapped by Xu's mother and left a mark on his face, and he couldn't show his face in front of people for this time - Jade looked a little gloating. ”

Eleven Niang fell into deep thought again.

(I'm glad to see me in a red envelope!) We went out to eat together...... ）