Chapter Seventy-Seven: Embarrassment
On Wangfu East Road, the Yihui Pavilion opposite Qingfeng Ju is the new house of Zhu Heyu and his concubine.
When Zhu Ran walked into the Memory Pavilion, the room was already full of maids. In the hands of the maid, some people carry basins, some people hold trays, and there are ash dusters, rags, and dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds and the like on the tray.
Zhu Ran looked around the room full of festive red, and a sadness appeared in his heart. She didn't deserve red in her life, and when she came to the palace, she didn't have a new house, but at this time she had to clean a new house for another woman...... Before she could come to her senses, a maid had already handed her a duster. She took the duster, and felt as if she had returned to Zhufu, where she had to do manual work. The room has been wiped by someone I don't know how many times, how can there be dust. All the processes are not so much a process as if this is a rule that has been passed down from generation to generation, but rather that this is a magic weapon for the main house to humiliate the concubine.
The last process is to lay the quilt on the couch. When a pair of pillows with mandarin ducks playing in the water on the red brocade quilt came into Zhuran's eyes, Zhuran's hands holding the quilt still trembled slightly. When he turned around, one of the Xi Po took the tray with dates, peanuts, longan, and lotus seeds. smiled and said: "Princess Side, you have to put these under the quilt, it's auspicious!" ”
"Yo! You can't blame the side princess for thinking about it too well, the side princess is young and hasn't experienced this! Another Xi Po poked the shoulder of the previous Xi Po and said.
"That's not right! Didn't the princess marry into this Ruixin palace back then......"
Zhu Ran looked at the two Xi Po, and suddenly felt a trace of pity. Both for themselves and for two. is also a woman, how can they say such mean words. He asked, "Are the two mothers slaves of the bride's family or hired Xi Po?" ”
"This doesn't bother the princess! The side princess should do her duty! When Zhu Ran heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle. She asked because she wanted to know what the consequences would be if she got angry and dealt with the two of them. She just can't deal with two subordinates, even if it is a little untimely on this festive day, but Zhu Heyu can say anything about her. It's just that she is not in the mood, she disposes of these two Xi women who are sarcastic about her on the surface, and she can't deal with people's hearts, let alone the princess who is about to enter the palace.
"Shut up!" Ruoyi couldn't listen anymore, "Even the princess doesn't dare to talk to our lady like this, what are you!" ”
Zhu Ran pretended to be okay and looked at Ruoyi, smiled at her and said, "It's okay, I'll finish the futon quickly, and we'll go back." ”
"How's it going?" As soon as Zhu Ran finished saying this, Lin Yunchen's voice suddenly appeared outside the door.
"King Lin An...... This is a new house, and no man other than the groom can enter it. The maid outside the door said anxiously and timidly.
"The third brother asked the king to be fully responsible for the marriage, why can't this new house be entered, the king has to take a look for the third brother first, and see who dares to stop the king!"
"Lord Lin An...... Slaves don't dare to ......"
Zhu Ran heard it clearly in the room, and was surprised by Lin Yunchen's words and actions, he has always been a hippie smile, approachable, what's wrong today.
As soon as Lin Yunchen entered the room, he saw Zhuran kneeling on the edge of the couch and laying out the quilt. The already gloomy face became very ugly, and he shouted to the people inside: "Who asked the princess to do this?" As he spoke, he strode towards Zhu Ran, and suddenly tore off Zhu Ran's hand that was holding the brocade quilt.
"Yunchen, what are you doing?" Zhu Ran wants to get the quilt again.
"Lord Lin An, it is a rule passed down from the ancestors that the concubine room paves the main room."
"Who said that! Stand up and say it again! Lin Yunchen suddenly asked coldly.
Zhu Ran shook his head at Lin Yunchen, and said to him in a relaxed tone when the two of them got along before: "This is indeed the rule, it is uncomfortable to be idle on weekdays, and there are just some things to do at this time." ”
Lin Yunchen was unusual, and said with an even more ugly face: "You come out, I have something to say to you!" ”
Ruoyi couldn't swallow this breath for a long time, so she played a trick at this time, and said to Lin Yunchen: "Lord Lin'an, the princess has gone out, how about this half-baked happy quilt!" The result really worked, Lin Yunchen said angrily: "Put it there, whoever wants to shop it!" Today, all the maids in this house will be registered with the king at the steward's office for a while, waiting to be punished! Then he pointed to the two Xi Po and said: "And you, hurry up and go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion for this king, this king doesn't want to see you two for a moment!" ”
"It's... It's ......," a room of people hurriedly knelt down.
Prime Minister's Mansion? Zhu Ran was still wondering in his heart, is this concubine from the Prime Minister's Mansion? Is it someone from Du Yanzhuo's mansion?
Lin Yunchen and Zhu Ran walked out of the Memory Pavilion. Seeing that Lin Yunchen's face had improved a lot, Zhu Ran held back the depression in his heart and went to joke with him: "You really scared me today!" ”
Lin Yunchen looked at Zhu Ran and said very seriously: "Just show it if you're sad, how tired it is to hide it in your heart like this!" Today's incident has wronged the third sister-in-law, and I will definitely complain to him when I see the third brother. ”
"What's wronged, this is indeed the rule. In the future, it will still be called... Side princess, the title of the third sister-in-law can no longer be called. ”
Lin Yunchen saw the sadness on Zhu Ran's face at a glance, and smiled: "It's not suitable for me to call, with the relationship between the two of us, I'll still call you Zhu Ran!" ”
"Okay, are you busy now? Why don't you go and sit in my courtyard and have a cup of tea? ”
"That's great, what kind of tea are you going to treat me to?" Lin Yunchen returned to the first time Zhu Ran saw him.
"No tea can enter your mouth! Why don't you get a pot of boiling water for you? ”
"Boiling water is boiling water! The boiling water prepared by the third sister-in-law is also better than elsewhere! Lin Yunchen smoothed his mouth and said the second son of the "third sister-in-law".
Zhu Ran hesitated for a moment, and then pretended not to hear and said: "We can meet because of my ventriloquism, but since we met, I haven't given you a serious performance!" ”
Lin Yunchen also recalled: "Your ventriloquist is good, why are you afraid that people will know!" ”
Ruoyi interjected on the side, "Madame knows ventriloquism, why don't you go back to the courtyard and give a show to King Lin'an and our maids!" ”
Lin Yunchen hurriedly spread his hands and said, "Forget it today!" Your wife...... Wait for another day to have Yaxing! ”
Zhu Ran only nodded, and didn't talk to her, she was really not in the mood today.
The tea made for Lin Yunchen was Zhuran's homemade jasmine tea. Although it is a very common tea, it is very fragrant because the heat is just right when smoking. Lin Yunchen praised again and again, but when he saw Zhu Ran holding the teacup, his eyes were dull, he didn't move, and he said unconsciously: "Zhu Ran, the third brother has you in his heart, and marrying the concubine is just a last resort." ”
"I can't help it," Zhu Ran repeated, and sighed with emotion: "There are always too many unavoidable things in life, and I think I was forced to ...... when I came here."