Chapter 181: Where is the dowry?

Chapter 181

Where did the dowry go

I saw the second master pick up the book of Daqi Fangzhi. Speaking of its origin, Mengxi was very weak-hearted, afraid that the second master would find out that she wanted to travel through the mountains and rivers, so she coughed and said:

"The concubine is also a casual look, I heard that this book is divided into three volumes, one volume describes the geographical customs of Daqi, one volume describes the biography of Daqi, and one volume describes the anecdotes of Daqi, the concubine has been looking for a long time, only found this volume of geography, but unfortunately the other two volumes"

"If Xi'er wants to see it, I have it in my study, and when Xi'er is fine, you can go to the study to watch"

He has it in his study, how can it be!

Mengxi glanced at the second master, since he went south, his study was trampled flat by her, if there was one, he would have hugged it and seen it, how could he wait until today, and he also spent a cold incense pill. But she couldn't ask that, and she didn't want him to know that she used to go to his study every day to sweep around.

Xiao Jun saw Mengxi looking at him. He also explained:

"Xi'er doesn't know, I just brought this set of books back, and I have been looking for it for a long time, or I occasionally saw it in a bookstore in the south and bought it for a lot of money."

Hearing this, Mengxi was stunned, there was no book in his study, she didn't say anything, but she thought about it in her heart, how did he know her thoughts, and he didn't feel secretly alert, the second master came back this time, and seemed to have learned to read minds, sometimes just by looking at her, he could guess her thoughts, which made Mengxi feel unsteady.

Seeing that Zhiqiu stepped forward to groom her, Mengxi hesitated for a moment and said:

"That, please wait in the hall first, the concubine will be fine immediately"

Hearing Mengxi's words, Xiao Jun glanced up at her, leaned back, and began to look at the book in his hand, and said as he read:

"Just wait"

The thought of grooming in front of the second master made Mengxi uncomfortable, very awkward, and felt like she was undressing in front of outsiders. hesitated to persuade him again. Peeked at the second master, and saw that he was looking at the book in his hand intently, and secretly said that she was too careful, after all, they had visited the church, and they had slept together, and when she first entered the door, she had combed in front of him, why was she unwell now.

After hesitating for a long time, remembering that the eldest lady was still waiting in the upper room, afraid that she would have trouble again if she missed the hour, look at Zhiqiu, Zhiqiu was also there looking at the second master who was reading, a little at a loss, Mengxi nodded at her, straightened her body, and began to comb her makeup seriously.

Glancing at it, seeing that Mengxi began to make up, Xiao Jun breathed a long sigh of relief, his Xi'er was not even used to dressing up in front of him, which made him feel a burst of heartache and secretly swear. He's going to make her get used to it all slowly.

Put down the book in his hand, and began to look at Mengxi's bedroom, the bedroom is full of some simple necessities, compared to his aunt, it can be described as simple, but it is simply and generously arranged, the room exudes a faint fragrance, if there is nothing, it makes people have a comfortable feeling, more and more elegant and quiet, suddenly let Xiao Jun have an illusion of seclusion, and said secretly:

"I can't imagine that Xi'er has such an indifferent heart, no wonder she doesn't like others to step into the East Chamber, but Xi'er's life is too light, does she not like the hustle and bustle, or is there something else hidden?"

Raising his eyes, he saw that Mengxi had pulled up her hair in a bun, only a jade hairpin was simply inserted, Zhiqiu was giving her a thrush, the second master wanted to wear flowers for her in person on a whim, got up and came to Mengxi's side, opened her dressing box, and wanted to pick a silk flower, but when she looked inside, she couldn't help but be stunned, there were only a few hostas and tassels that she often wore lying in the dressing box, how could there be any headdress.

Mengxi didn't expect the second master to come over and open her dressing box, her heart was beating like thunder for a while, and her head and face were all gone. Because I don't like it, I haven't bought it for the past two years, but how can I explain it to him?

After thinking about it, if it was too much, there were no three hundred taels of silver here, so it was better to simply pretend not to know, so I didn't see the second master's movements, and wholeheartedly cooperated with Zhiqiu to draw his eyebrows.

Xiao Jun kept looking at Mengxi, and saw a trace of panic flashing in her eyes, only to regain her composure in an instant, and secretly thought, I remember that when I got married, it was full of it, where did it go, why was he afraid of being found out, seeing her dressing up seriously, pretending to be fine, I didn't feel funny, but he didn't want to embarrass her anymore, he could check it slowly.

Letting go of the dresser box in his hand, Xiao Jun slowly paced out of the north house, and when he saw that the second master had gone out, Mengxi and Zhiqiu glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

The second master who doesn't want to leave the North House. But he pushed open the door of the south house, Zhixia stepped forward to stop it, there was no hurry, the second master had already walked in, and only shouted from behind:

"The second master stays, the second master ......"

Hearing Zhixia's shout, Mengxi didn't know what was wrong, and hurriedly asked Zhichun to take a look, but before he reached the door, Zhixia had pushed the door and walked in, and said in a panic:

"The second master went to the South House. The slave has no time to stop it, second grandma, what can I do? ”

In Zhixia's opinion, when the second master saw the books in that room, he must ask the source, and check it carefully, so he must not leak out everything, not to mention anything else, only the second grandmother often secretly goes out of the house, and she will die, not to mention that she also opened a medicine hall outside the house and met so many people in the rivers and lakes, so she went back and forth to the second grandmother.

Mengxi was also stunned when she heard this, since Miss Xiu sent someone to break into the East Wing and was grounded, everyone in this courtyard knows that in Xiao Xiang Courtyard, this East Wing is a forbidden place, it is her bottom line, as long as she doesn't fight the idea of the East Chamber, she will not easily trouble anyone, as long as she doesn't go too far, she will be troubled by everyone, and after a long time, no one dares to enter the East Wing.

The aunts are only waiting outside the door when they have something, and the maid will pass the word, except for Mengxi's maid, only Hongzhu enters and exits the East Chamber, Mengxi didn't say anything, that's because she was served by Hongzhu as soon as she entered the house, and she also took Hongzhu in her heart.

The minions didn't dare to enter, it didn't mean that the master didn't dare to enter, the second master never entered the East Chamber, which made Mengxi lose his vigilance against him, and he didn't want the second master to visit suddenly and catch her off guard.

The master and servant stayed there for a while, staring at each other, not knowing what to do. It took a long time for Mengxi to calm down, look at Zhixia with a panicked face, and said:

"What's the panic, we haven't done anything unseemly, if the second master asks about the books in the South House, you will be sure, I like to read, Ling Zhiqiu Zhichun went to the bookstore to buy it, and they both went out of the house several times a month to buy things for me, it's no secret, even the old lady knows"

Didn't do anything shady? A housewife of a family, disguised as a man, secretly went out of the house, not only doing business, but also making friends with people in the rivers and lakes, this is not an unsightly thing, then what is an unsightly thing, looking at the second grandmother with a calm face, Zhixia secretly said, these two grandmothers are shocking enough.

Zhiqiu listened to the words of the second grandmother, and always felt that something was missing, but he couldn't think of anything wrong for a while, so he was anxious, and said to the second grandmother:

"But the second grandmother, some of your books are the only ones that are difficult to find in Daqi, how can there be any bookstores in Pingyang, the second master is not stupid, just check it"

"It will take time for the second master to check, we just drag it out in front of us, and when he finds out, we are already out of the house, what can he do with me, by the way, don't pestle here, Zhixia go out quickly, let Zhidong secretly lock the back door and take the key away, lest the second master finish reading the south house and then go to the backyard"

Mengxi remembered that the pharmacy in the backyard was not locked, and there were still some unprepared medicines in it, and secretly said that he had been too comfortable in the past two years, thinking that no one dared to come to the East Chamber, but he lost his initial vigilance, and even the door of the pharmacy was not locked on weekdays, so it seemed that he would have to be more careful in the future.

Zhixia hurriedly responded, turned around and walked out, Zhiqiu Zhichun heard that the second grandmother also made sense, and now, there is no other way to think about it, so they all nodded, and sped up to wait for the second grandmother to clean up.

The second master was standing in the south room in a daze at this time, he was shocked by the books in this room, when he was in the south, he listened to Xiao Yun back and forth, saying that Mengxi often went to his study to find books, originally thought that she was idle and had nothing to do, but I didn't expect her to be a book-lover, but Xi'er, a grandmother who lives deep in the house, where can she find so many books?

stepped forward and took a few books and flipped through them, the more I looked at them, the more frightened I became, there were some books here, they were the only ones he couldn't find, where did she come from, and how many secrets did she have that he didn't know?

In front of him, Mengxi was lying leisurely on the soft foot to read a book, his heart moved, he kept guessing what she liked, thinking about what he could use to move her heart, after reading this room of books, he finally thought of what to use to tempt her, it seems that he should also prepare a soft chair for her in his study, and he is really looking forward to whispering and grinding with her in the study.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but secretly rejoice, because I heard that she loved to read, so she picked up a lot of good books, and even brought back some lonely books in the southern study, wanting to pass the time for her, it seems that she really did the right thing.

Putting down the book in his hand, he looked around, and suddenly saw the poem next to the Aoxue Hanmei he made when he was a teenager.

Look closely, it was actually written by him, which reminded him of that year Hongzhu asked him to write a poem, he also applauded this poem, and when asked, he heard Hongzhu Zhiwu say that it was made by a predecessor, and he also believed it at the time, thinking that Xi'er heard that he liked these, so he found someone to do it, attracting him to the East Chamber.

Thinking about it now, he was so stupid at that time, and after that, he knew Xi'er's literary talents, and this poem should have been done by Xi'er.

"It's already dusk and I'm sad alone, and the wind and rain are even more windy and rainy" is not exactly the portrayal of Xi'er's mood at that time, when she just married into the Xiao Mansion, she was alone, she didn't even bring the maid to marry, her mother didn't like it, and her aunt was squeezed, and the only one who could rely on him misunderstood her a lot, all of this was just like the cold wind and bitter rain blowing on her.

"Unintentional struggle for spring" Xi'er was alone in the cold rain at that time, and had already decided to give up on him, but unfortunately he was ignorant, and wanted to use the coercion of the head of the family to conquer her, and even threatened to divorce her, even if he knew that he misunderstood her in the future, and was afraid of Zuxun's intolerance, he fled to the south, leaving her alone in the Xiao Mansion and neglecting her until now, God, what has he done to her in the past two years! Will his brook forgive him?

As soon as I thought of this, my heart couldn't help but cramp, as if I was crazy for a while on the night before I went south.

Today's double watch, there is another chapter in the evening.