Chapter Ninety-Three: The Shining Starlight
Li Xiaoqi didn't need Su Zicheng to let him, he sat down at the foot of Shui Yan freely, looked at Shui Yan and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Second Master Shui's bearing has become more and more calm and outstanding." Shui Yan hurriedly turned his head and said politely: "Where is it, the fifth master has won the award!" Overpraise! ”
"The first two moments of the year set off, and the things in the suburbs have been arranged?" Su Zicheng interrupted the greeting between the two, looked at Shui Yan and asked, Shui Yan hurriedly stood up and said goodbye: "What the master reminds is that there are still a few places to take a look at again, and I will retire below." Shui Yan took two steps back and was about to leave the house, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly stood up: "You are going to leave at the beginning of the first two minutes?!" Then I'll have to go back and pack my things, and I'll have to leave. ”
"What are you packing? What are those girls for? Su Zicheng blocked Li Xiaoyi's words, Li Xiaoqi had no choice but to stand with a smile, and looked at Su Zicheng and changed his words: "I was about to tell you about this girl, one is too much, the other is too good, I can't afford it, just keep a little girl, and I'll give it back to you, those girls are better dressed than me, and a third-class girl's monthly money costs one or two silver, I really can't afford it." ”
Su Zicheng stood up, walked in front of Li Xiaoyi, looked down at Li Xiaoqi with his hands behind his back and looked down at Li Xiaoqi with a worried face, was silent for a moment, and his voice was much softer: "These girls are reliable and usable, you can rest assured that you can use them first, if you are not satisfied, you can pick them yourself when you return to Kaiping Mansion, according to common sense, the first-class girls waiting next to you, no matter how little they are, they can't be less than eight, these are not enough, you can't be wronged." Su Zicheng said, stretched out his hand and pulled Li Xiaoyi's sleeve: "You follow me, whether you wear men's clothes, or not, it is the same for me and you, I entered the city in the afternoon, and after a while, I will send you to live in the eldest brother's mansion for a few days, you follow the sister-in-law to learn some rules and etiquette, Kaiping Mansion has the customs and rules of Kaiping Mansion." ”
Li Xiaoyi's heart seems to be crossed by a brilliant cometstar, cutting through the emptiness of the heart, leaving countless stars of joy and countless joys, no matter what the future, his arrangement has given her countless joys in her heart, he has enough respect and attention to her, this is enough, she is too far away from this world, what she wants, no one can give it, and there is no need to think about it anymore, so that he can solemnly look at each other, it is the most important thing for her. Li Xiaoqi hung his head and agreed.
"I'm going to leave in a moment, let's go back and get ready." Su Zicheng's gentle voice poured down from the top of his head, Li Xiaoqi lowered his head again, hurriedly bowed his hand to leave, arched halfway and retracted, wanted to make a blessing, it was not appropriate to think about it, embarrassed for a moment, simply turned around and walked out of the door hurriedly, Su Zicheng looked helplessly at Li Xiaoqi who threw his hand away, and only let out a long sigh after a while.
Li Xiaoqi lazily crooked in the car, not much away from Pingfu, she walked behind the car, the guards in front of the flag, surrounded by Su Zicheng, the horse walked neatly towards Kaipingfu, the car followed the team, the line was slow, the car was not so bumpy, Li Xiaoqi lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside through the silk veil for a long time, put down the curtain, turned his head to look at the wisteria sitting in the corner of the carriage on his knees, and signaled to her with a smile: "It's still early to Kaiping Mansion, don't be so restrained, let's talk, There's nothing to do on this road, it's weird to be sulky. ”
"Yes!" Wisteria relaxed her body slightly, smiled and agreed, Li Xiaoqi handed her a cushion: "If you bend like this, your legs will be numb for a while, well, cushion in the back, like me." ”
"Thank you, girl." Wisteria took the mat, hesitated for a moment, put it behind him, loosened his legs slightly, his expression relaxed a lot, Li Xiaoqi motioned for her to pour a cup of tea and handed it to him, and said casually: "What's your surname?" Where is my hometown? ”
"Back to the girl's words, the surname is Song, the hometown is also from Kaiping Mansion, the slave is the son of the family, and the parents and ancestors are all slaves of the Su family." Wisteria explained more, Li Xiaoqi secretly admired, it is really a clever one, you should be cautious when you say this.
"What about the light moon? Same as you? ”
"Back to the girl, Danyue is also a child of the family, and those who can enter the palace to be an errand are all children of the family." Wisteria explained with a smile, Li Xiaoqi was surprised and curious: "Inner Mansion? How to divide the inner and outer mansions of the palace? Well, let's gossip and chat, don't always reply to the girl's words, slave or something. ”
"Well, well, it's the same as the division of other families, inside the second gate is the inner house, and outside the second gate is the outer courtyard."
"Is there more people waiting in the inner house, or are there more people waiting in the outer court?"
"This, slave maid•••••• I really don't know."
"You were originally in the Qiwang Mansion, who will take care of you?"
"Sister Su Ye is the girl in charge of the study outside the palace, and we all listen to her."
"What about Su Ye? Listen to whom? ”
"Listen to the near master, several study rooms, and the treasury, all of them are managed by the near master, and the rest are all managed by Sister Ruyue, anyway, the master is not there, and there is no one in the house, in fact, there is nothing wrong." Wisteria asked a question and answered, but Li Xiaoqi was stunned and didn't understand: "What do you mean that there are no people?" Aren't you human? ”
"It's not! Look at what the girl said! Wisteria covered his mouth and laughed: "If the master is not there, there will be no serious master in the house, and the subordinates •••••• be subordinates." ”
"No serious master? That is, how many masters are there who are not so serious? Li Xiaoqi also laughed with Wisteria, and Wisteria reached out to take the cup in Li Xiaoyi's hand: "The masters are serious!" The master is not there, and there is actually no master in the house, but there are still a few of them, such as Mama Fei, Sister Ruyue, and Sister Shuying. ”
"Who is Shuying? What about Mama Fei? ”
"Shuying is also the big girl next to the master, as well as Sister Taoye, Mama Fei is the nurse of the master, and now she is the teaching grandmother in the house, and she is in charge of our rules."
Li Xiaoqi stuck out his tongue: "That Mama Fei must be very fierce!" ”
"Mama Fei is the dowry girl of the first Empress Xiaoci, and even the master respects her very much, Mama is stricter, but she never wrongs a good person, and she is the fairest."
"What about King Ning's mansion? I heard that King Ning only has one daughter? ”
"Well, I'm nine years old this year, and I've already been named the county lord of Ning'an."
"Is the county lord good-looking? Is it good-tempered? ”
"I've seen it two or three times from afar, it's bright, good-looking, and •••••• temper isn't very good." Wisteria was vaguely reluctant to say more, Li Xiaoqi said 'oh', looking at the faint trace of disgust that Wisteria faintly brought out in the embarrassment, this county lord, this temper is only afraid that it is quite unusual, that is also, this third generation of the royal family, just such a one, the temper is naturally bigger.
"I heard that the rules of Kaiping Mansion are much worse than those of Taiping Mansion, your mansion, and Ning Wang's mansion, it seems to be very extravagant, there are so many girls!" Li Xiaoqi sighed with emotion, and Wisteria laughed: "Our house is not luxurious, Sister Ruyue only has two little girls, that is, Mama Fei, but two little girls, a mother-in-law, there are not many in Ningwang's mansion, there are eight big girls around the princess, and there are more people waiting around the county lord, but the county lord is still young, and there are more •••••• girls and mothers-in-law, it is also common sense, I have not been to Taiping Mansion, but look at the clothes and jewelry from Taiping Mansion, they are all more luxurious than ours." ”
Li Xiaoqi flew a little cheerful and jumping starlight in his heart, his smile was like a flower, and he was dazzled by wisteria, and his mood was also cheerful and relaxed, and he couldn't help but praise in a low voice: "The girl looks so good when she laughs!" Li Xiaoqi was in a flying mood, stretched out his hand, and briskly flicked Wisteria's forehead: "That's because the girl is in a good mood!" ”
He really looked at her very seriously! There are only eight around the princess, that is to say, Princess Ning could have had a few more big girls, but no matter how many she could have had, now, there are eight around her, that is, everyone in Su Zicheng's mansion will marry the princess in the future, and it is not good to have more people than Princess Ning today, this is Su Zicheng's respect for her brother and sister-in-law, her current situation, such a place, what can be fought for is only respect.
The front of the team has already met the officers of the military department and the Ministry of Rites, and after stopping for a while, the car slowly started again and continued to move forward, Li Xiaoqi moved back, and looked at the eldest brother and Brother Shui Sheng and others riding on the horse through the back window, as well as those big cars and small cars, they are about to enter Kaiping Mansion, and they have to work with the eldest brother and them to settle everyone well, this matter is not sloppy.
After entering the city, Nanning led Shui Yan over, first came to Li Xiaoyi's car, and passed Su Zicheng's words with a smile: "The master said, the matter of relocating the people of Bijia Mountain, let the second master of Shui be in charge." Li Xiaoqi hurriedly straightened his upper body, bowed solemnly and thanked: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" I'm tired of the second master. ”
"Where, where! A few days ago, I took the letter from the lord, and I have prepared to go down to a house, or else, go to see the house first, if the prince thinks it is not good, we will pick another one. Shui Yan's words were extremely polite, Nanning took half a step back, said goodbye and returned, Li Xiaoqi watched him walk away, then turned his head, looked at Shui Yan and said with a smile: "The house that Shui Erye can fancy must be no worse, this house is a trivial matter, our brothers are honest Zhuang families, there is land and work, this heart can be steady." ”
"The fifth master is relieved, and he is ready to go down, the master has a Zhuangzi, seven or eight miles outside the west gate of Kaiping Mansion, it is a rare fertile place in Kaiping Mansion, settle down today, if the fifth master is not tired, he can take them over to see the land and see the house tomorrow." Shui Yan replied happily, and Li Xiaoyi's eyes crooked with a smile: "Then tomorrow, settle them down, and my eldest brother and I will have the heart to pay attention to other things." ”
"That's that!" Shui Yan responded with a smile, got on the horse, and led everyone away from Su Zicheng's convoy, along the spacious streets, all the way through the streets and alleys.
Li Xiaoqi carefully looked at both sides of the street, Beiping is sparsely populated, the houses of this Kaipingfu street are also very wide, even turned a few streets, the street is so wide that you can walk down two or three big cars like yourself side by side, the shops and buildings on the street do not have the protruding wide eaves of Taiping Mansion, the walls and roofs look a lot thicker, there are not many cars coming and going on the road, you can hardly see the luxury incense cars common on the streets of Taipingfu, riding horses, following the entourage of the servants poured a lot, it seems that this Kaiping Mansion is more popular to ride horses than to ride a car.
On both sides of the street, pedestrians are bustling with people, and the shops seem to be doing good business. The car turned another corner, and the surroundings were quiet all at once, there were high walls on both sides of the road, and the dense canopy of trees in the walls could be seen in the distance, and there were only two or three Zhu Men on this long street, and in front of the doors sat seven or eight gatemen in brocade clothes and brocade hats, curiously and arrogantly looking at the chaotic convoy, the car passed through the street, turned into a much narrower alley, walked a shot, and stopped in front of a three-bay gate.