Chapter 22: Lotus Fragrance
Outside, Mo Ju heard movement in the house, put down the messy locks in his hand, got up and entered the flower room, and saw the two of them kneeling and helping each other, and asked Cuizhu in surprise, "Lie Wu, what mistake did you make to make the county lord unhappy?" After asking, without waiting for Cuizhu to reply, he also knelt down with a plop and rushed to Lieyun, "County Lord, although Lie Wu is ranked lower than me in the secret guard, she is usually much more careful and steady than me, she definitely doesn't mean to make mistakes, and I ask the county lord not to blame Lie Wu heavily!" ”
Lieyun and Cuizhu looked at each other, Cuizhu didn't wait for Lieyun to help, got up by himself, and dragged Moju up.
"Lie San, what kind of stupidity are you making, you haven't figured out what's going on yet! Look at your reckless temper, when will you be able to change it, and you are not afraid of the jokes of the county lord! said complaining words in his mouth, but there was no trace of reproach in Cuizhu's eyes, but full of helplessness and spoiling.
Mo Ju's face was still full of ignorance, Cuizhu had to tell what he had just said to Lie Yun, Mo Ju was embarrassed at first, "So that's the case, why didn't you say it earlier, and I was confused and ugly in front of the county lord," and then curiosity popped out again, "County lord and county lord, what good idea did you think of this time?" "It's like a cat that sees a ball of string for the first time.
"Well, it's up to you Moju." Lieyun smiled and tapped Mo Ju's head.
Outside the flower room, the sun has risen to mid-sky, it is the warmest time of the day in autumn, the little maids in the yard under the command of Hongmei and Zilan, are taking advantage of this kung fu to step up their work, stretching this winter coat, patting the winter quilt, the three masters and servants in the flower room are accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, whispering.
When I first arrived, it was already dark, and the colorful clothes that were drying in the purple courtyard during the day had been put away by the maids before it was dark.
As the day gets shorter and closer to late autumn, Hongmei has already returned from the big kitchen for dinner. The weather is getting cooler day by day, and the meals in the big kitchen have long been changed from the summer heat to the autumn nourishment and dryness.
Carrying the food box into the house, Hongmei put the food on the round table. This evening, the big kitchen made chestnut stewed chicken, stir-fried mushrooms, stir-fried tender lentils and steamed sea bass, the staple food is red bean barley rice and golden silk flower rolls, and there is also a single cup of ginger jujube wolfberry black chicken soup, which was ordered by Mrs. Cui to make it for Lie Yunshan every night and drink it to replenish the body.
Lieyun cleaned his hands, and just finished eating under the service of Hongmei and Moju, the cold dew had already come to the purple courtyard with medicinal herbs.
Since the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet that night, Hanlu brought medicinal materials to the Purple Courtyard to boil medicine for Lieyun every night, boiled it in two quarters of an hour, and personally served it to Lieyun, and then told Lieyun what happened in the Bairi Mansion before returning to Rende Courtyard to return to Cheng Jinsi.
Entering the house, Han Lu first greeted Lie Yun, and then walked to the small kitchen of the purple courtyard accompanied by Cuizhu, completely unaware, every time she knelt down to say hello, when she took back the tray of medicinal materials from Cuizhu's hand, the medicine bag was still the same medicine bag, but the medicinal materials inside were completely different.
Lieyun asked Hongmei to withdraw the table and go down to eat with Mo Ju, leaving only Zilan to wait in front of him.
After boiling the medicine, Cuizhu also went down to eat, and Hanlu brought the medicine to Lieyun, and began to talk about today's affairs in the house. It's nothing more than how fresh the dishes sent by the vendors outside today are, and which pair of little sisters are bickering because of a hairpin rewarded by the master.
"How's my aunt? I didn't see my aunt in Songhetang for breakfast these two days, and I asked Cui's grandmother and uncle, but I only asked me not to worry, I wanted to visit my aunt, and I felt sorry for my aunt, so I couldn't enter Rendeok Hospital. A trace of sadness and guilt flashed on his face, Lieyun interrupted Han Lu and asked Cheng Jinsi, "Auntie is still closed?" Can you have a meal on time for these two days? ”
"Madame has not gone out for the past two days, and she also gave the old lady, the old lady and the adult, saying that she would devote herself to copying Buddhist scriptures for the county lord in the house, and pray for the county lord's body to recover as soon as possible." Hanlu 1510 replied, "Every day, the stewards write down the things to be told on a piece of paper, and the slaves and maids send them to the ladies, and if the madame has instructions, they also write them on the paper, and the slaves and maids convey them to the stewards. Mrs. eats late every time, and she doesn't eat much, and Miss and Son-in-law can't persuade Mrs. to do so, only Mother Zhou waits in front of her. ”
"It's no wonder that during breakfast in Songhetang these two days, my cousin is not as talkative as usual, and my cousin is even more ......" Speaking of this, Lie Yun had a wry smile on his face, "It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, if it weren't for me......"
Zilan was already dissatisfied with Han Lu in her heart, and in the past two days, she heard Hongmei say that Miss Cui in Songhe Hall had raised her nose and eyes at her own county lord, and at this moment, she saw that Lie Yun blamed herself for Han Lu's words, and the anger in her heart continued to rise. didn't realize that although his deed of sale was still in the hands of the Cui family, he had already put himself on Lieyun's side like Hongmei, calling Cui Wanning the Miss Cui family and Lieyun his own county lord. Thankfully, it wouldn't be long before Lieyun would discover the loyalty of the two of them.
"Don't blame yourself anymore, you have suffered such a big crime this time, and it is too late for Madam to feel distressed, so where will I blame you. Besides, it's not your fault at the root of this matter. If I see you like this, it will be even more difficult for Madame to feel at ease in the courtyard. ”
Zilan insinuated like this, Han Lu naturally knew who she was talking about, but she could only be resentful and aggrieved in her heart, but she didn't dare to show half of it on her face, and she had to work with Zilan to comfort Lieyun.
When the cold revealed the purple courtyard, the time was already over, and the small kitchen had already prepared hot water for Lieyun to bathe and change clothes.
After washing up, Cuizhu and Hongmei stayed on duty for the night, and Zilan and Moju went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Today, the sky is very bright during the day, and at night it is also a good weather with bright moons and stars, and it is almost time, and the Cui Mansion has fallen into a deep sleep.
The main wing room of the main courtyard of the purple courtyard lives in Lieyun, and the side wings on the left and right sides are given to four big girls to live in. At this time, the courtyard was quiet, and suddenly the door of the left wing room creaked open, and lightly walked out of a slender black shadow with a scarf on his face, the black shadow looked left and right, and his figure suddenly rose from the ground, and he stepped on the trees in the courtyard to borrow his strength, and flew out of the purple courtyard.
But after a quarter of an hour, the black shadow turned over from outside the wall again, squatted by the wall and waited quietly for a while, making sure that there was no one in the courtyard, and then the black shadow returned to the room where he had walked out before.
The moon god returned to the palace, and the darkness that shrouded the earth gradually receded, and the sky brightened. Lie Yun got up and finished picking up, and went to Songhe Hall to invite the second elder of the Cui family to have breakfast as usual. But today, in addition to Cheng Jinsi, there are two people missing from the dinner table, Cui Jing and Cui Wanning's father and daughter.
Mrs. Cui was about to send someone to ask, when she saw Mingqin coming, and the big girl next to the girl of Fragrance Courtyard asked to see her.
Old Madam Cui called someone in, it was the willow leaf beside Cui Wanning, and asked, "Wanning is sick today, why didn't she come to eat?" Why didn't the adults come? But what happened? ”
Liu Ye told the truth. The maids on duty should get up half an hour earlier than the master, prepare tea and water for the master, and prepare the clothes to be worn that day.
Before they could wake up, the three masters and servants smelled a faint fragrance of lotus wafting in the room, searched all over the house, and finally turned out a small box under the dresser.