Chapter 16: Who Fell Overboard
Shen Qin was in the limelight for a while, and after putting away the box of peach blossom jewelry, he returned to his seat under the envious gaze of everyone.
Even Mrs. Chaohua specially rewarded a beautiful blood swallow peach blossom soup.
The luncheon began, and eighteen peach blossom dishes were served as quickly as water.
A little girl in a blue shirt walked forward quickly with a pot of sake, she paused in front of the Shen family's table, glanced at Shen Ke, looked at Shen Qin again, and walked straight towards Shen Qin.
Shen Ke is wearing a purple skirt embroidered with white cloud patterns today, she looks a little similar to Shen Qin, and her body size is also about the same.
Walking in front of Shen Qin, the little girl suddenly crooked her feet, and the pot in her hand was thrown straight out, seeing that Shen Qin was about to be poured cold in her heart.
At this moment, it was too late to pull Shen Qin away, Eighteen Niang picked up a peanut on the table, and waved it hard, and the peanut hit the silver wine pot straight onto her, beating her to Shen Ke's side.
At this moment, Shen Ke and Shen Qin's clothes were wet. Shen Ke's face was white, looking very embarrassed.
Everyone looked at it at once, and the little girl was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground.
When Princess Rongyang saw it, she hurriedly walked over, picked up the little girl, and said kindly: "It's really pitiful, I'm frightened, the sisters of the Shen family are all good people, I won't blame you, go down quickly." ”
When the little girl heard this, where would it be, picked up the silver wine jug on the ground, and hurriedly ran away.
Mrs. Chaohua waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, the next person has no form, just hand it over to the Rongyang girl, everyone continue." ”
Rong Yang raised his head proudly, took Shen Ke and Shen Qin's hands and said, "Sister Ke, Sister Qin, I'm sorry, I'll take you to change your clothes." ”
Before the two could speak, Shen Yu interjected: "Such a trivial matter, where do you need the princess to go." Just let my girl, Qingmei, take them to the small attic nearby, there are still many young ladies here who need the princess to entertain them. It's not the first time my sisters have come to the house, and they are familiar with the way. ”
Rong Yang nodded when he heard this, because his mother was friendly with Mrs. Wu, and she and Shen Yu fell in love again, they were indeed close people. Originally, the maids and maids of this banquet were gathered together alone, and they were not allowed to enter the garden. Because Shen Yu was a frequent visitor, she brought Qingmei to serve by her side, and she was indeed very familiar with this mansion.
Seeing this, Shen Yu happily pulled Rong Yang to sit down together, and the two talked intimately.
Qingmei led Shen Qin and Shen Ke outside, but Eighteen Niang followed quickly and grabbed Shen Qin's hand: "Sister, I'll go with you."
Qingmei stopped, looked back at Shen Yu, but saw that she didn't look this way at all, just gritted her teeth and took the three of them to the attic.
Walking to the attic, Eighteen Niang looked carefully, it was surrounded by water, and it was specially prepared by the host to change the clothes of the little lady.
But I saw Qingmei in front of me stop: "This attic is very small, only one person can change clothes, why don't I take Miss Ke to change clothes first, and Miss Eighteen will accompany Miss Qin to wait outside for a while." ”
Shen Qin is the most easy-going, and nodded spontaneously.
Shen Ke's face darkened, she was already fed up with the dirty things on her body, and hurriedly dodged into the building.
Eighteen Niang looked around, it seemed that there was not a problem with the attic, but a problem outside. Eighteen Niang was thinking about it, when she suddenly heard heavy footsteps. She is very good at her skills and can easily hear far away.
This voice is clearly a man! Eighteen Niang was annoyed in her heart, this Shen Yu was young, his methods were inferior, but his mind was extremely vicious.
If she guessed correctly, Shen Yu asked Shen Qin to wear the same clothes as her, just to make it easier for the maid who poured the wine to recognize people. This kind of little girl who serves wine is too low-level, and she often can't tell whose young lady it is, not to mention that Shen Qin and Shen Ke are of the same age, and their appearance and figure are very similar.
She knew Shen Yu, and when she saw someone wearing the same dress as Shen Yu, she must be the target.
If she hadn't made a move, Shen Ke's clothes wouldn't be dirty, so naturally Qingmei would have led Shen Qin over. When Shen Qin changed his clothes, a man came, so whether it was in the attic or outside, what happened, then what innocence was there.
That's why she said that Shen Yu had a bad mind, although this method is not clever, but if it succeeds, it will be done once and for all.
"Sister, let's go quickly, my handkerchief seems to have fallen on the road." Eighteen Niang said, pulled up Shen Qin and left.
When Shen Qin heard this, she was also in a hurry, the handkerchief is a woman's personal belongings, how good would it be if someone picked it up. She didn't care about the wine stains on her clothes, and walked briskly with Eighteen Niang.
"Sister, it may have landed in the peach forest where the water was flowing before." Eighteen Niang said in her mouth, and without waiting for Shen Qin's reply, she took her to the peach forest where she came in.
Sure enough, there are many people here, most of them from the house, who are cleaning up the dishes and bowls in the water.
I was a little surprised to see the two. One of them, the person in charge, came over and asked, "Why did the little lady come here?" There is a banquet in the flower hall. ”
Eighteen Niang breathed a sigh of relief, "My handkerchief fell in the peach forest, I'm afraid that it will be picked up by a man, so I can see it." ”
The steward smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, this forest is for the little lady to play, the gentlemen are all in front, and they didn't come over, but I didn't see the handkerchief before, but the little lady remembered the wrong place." ”
"That's good." Eighteen Niang patted her chest, and Shen Qin also breathed a sigh of relief. "Help me find it."
The steward clapped his hands, found three or five servants, and began to help Eighteen Niang find a handkerchief.
Eighteen Niang smiled on her face, but she secretly complained in her heart, her handkerchief was still on her body, and she had to find a way to throw it away...... It's just that there are so many people here, Shen Qin is safe. As for Shen Ke's safety? What's the matter with her? If you want to blame her, blame Shen Yu.
When Eighteen Niang looked at everyone and didn't pay attention, she threw the veil and threw it under a big peach tree in the corner.
After a while, a servant woman picked it up and sent it to her with joy. Eighteen Niang scooped out her purse and rewarded her with a silver ingot.
The servant woman couldn't close her mouth with a smile.
"Is there a place to change my sister's shirt?" Eighteen Niang scooped out another ingot of silver and stuffed it to the steward.
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a noise in the attic.
The steward took the silver and said, "The old slave led the two young ladies there, and in our house, we often hold banquets, and there are many places for the little lady to change her clothes." There is one in this peach forest, and this young lady's pink dress is also there. ”
Eighteen Niang nodded, the family is like this, all kinds of skirts are prepared for easy replacement.
Shen Qin changed her clothes and went back to the banquet hall with Eighteen Niang, but this time she entered, Shen Yu stood up in shock.
She asked incredulously, "Sister, didn't you say that you fell into the water?" "Earlier, there was obviously a subordinate who came to report that there was a little lady in the attic who fell into the water and was rescued. She thought that Qingmei had done the job, but Shen Qin came back, and the only one who fell into the water was ......