Chapter 4: Smiling Cold
The warm sunlight sprinkled on the spotless steps of the Zhumen, and the fog had just dissipated in the early spring morning, and it was still a little cold. The trees in the high walls are green, and a large patch of shadows falls on the bluestone avenue, the sunlight is torn down, and a few birds stand on the branches and chirp non-stop.
Miao Gui tied a plain silver silk cloak to Lin Qingyu, and took a small and delicate lotus-patterned stove from another maid and stuffed it to her: "These sparrows don't know where they came from, they are noisy." ”
Lin Qingyu didn't feel noisy at all, but felt that she could feel the warmth of her body's blood by being so lively, and she was still a living person. She felt a little hot, her little face flushed a little rosy, and she raised the stove in her hand a little helplessly: "It's all spring, do you still want to hold the stove?" ”
"Miss, you were cold in the water a few days ago, you shouldn't have gone out to blow the cold wind, and you shouldn't have taken care of what if you get sick!" As soon as Miao Gui heard Lin Qingyu's words, she blew her beard and glared, and looked at Lin Suyao, who was walking in front with a red plum oil paper umbrella, with an unkind expression, and snorted: "You just want to listen to the fifth lady's pout, so what's so strange about the peach blossom banquet?" It's not that there are no peach blossoms in the house. ”
Lin Suyao was about to get into the carriage, but when she heard Miaogui's voice, her body stiffened, and she turned her head and looked at Lin Qingyu's master and servant with an aggrieved face, and explained: "I'm afraid that my sister will suffocate herself in the mansion, and I want my sister to go out for a walk, Miaogui, how can you ......" She bit her lip, holding the handle of the umbrella and trembling slightly: "This kind of thing makes me so sad." ”
Lin Qingyu sighed and raised her eyebrows with interest: "Yes, my sister is hardworking, Miaogui, how can you misinterpret her kindness?" ”
"I" Miaogui was dumbfounded by Lin Qingyu's words, and there was some disappointment in her eyes, the young lady who grew up together would rather believe in a false and pretentious bad woman than believe in herself. Just when she was gloomy, she felt that her little hand was pinched, and she turned her head to meet Lin Qingyu's slightly calm eyes, and suddenly understood something, Miss is talking back?
Lin Qingyu comforted Miaogui, looked at Lin Suyao, who was dressed in an ethereal white dress, and said with a smile: "My sister thinks about me so much, I will naturally repay my sister well." He sighed again: "I really looked away yesterday, it turns out that my sister is really beautiful in white." ”
Miao Gui pouted secretly, and the gauze tent was also beautiful.
Lin Suyao only felt that Lin Qingyu's words were a little strange, but there was no problem when she thought about it carefully, at most, when her conscience found out, she smiled back kindly: "I don't ask my sister to repay, I just hope that my sister will marry into Guhou Mansion in the future, and I will be satisfied if I can remember my sister's goodness." ”
She thought that her answer was impeccable, but when she looked at Shanglin Qingyu's smiling face, she felt that there was a hint of mockery in her eyes. Lin Suyao has always been sensitive, so she hurriedly closed her eyes and put away the umbrella, and the personal maid opened the curtain and helped her into the carriage. Yu Guang glanced at Lin Shiyu, the daughter of the Lin family, who was belated, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a meaningful smile.
The curtain flickered twice to cut off the view.
Lin Suyao sat on the cushion of the carriage and smoothed the folds of her clothes. Thinking of Lin Qingyu's words, her face was a little complacent, and she pulled her personal maid and asked, "Xiaoxing, my clothes look really good today?" ”
"Fifth Miss is naturally the most beautiful person, her clothes are very beautiful, but she is too plain." Xiao Xing looked at the girl with thin eyebrows bent like the moon and a white dress as light as a cloud, and her eyes were full of envy: "I can't help but feel pity when a woman sees Miss, but it is much more moving than Miss Second and Miss Three." ”
"Don't be high and low." Lin Suyao raised her hand and tapped Xiao Xing's forehead, but the smile on her face deepened a little.
Yesterday, she asked Lin Qingyu to help her choose clothes for the Peach Blossom Banquet, and Lin Qingyu picked out a pink skirt from her favorite white skirt and pink skirt, and said that the two sisters could wear the same color...... Naturally, she would not wear the same clothes as the tasteless Lin Qingyu. She originally wanted to wear a pink shirt, but she temporarily changed her hexagram to a white dress, and it was difficult to ignore the red plum umbrella.
A few carriages were parked at the gate of the Lin Mansion, and Rao is bluestone avenue was spacious and a little crowded at the moment.
Lin Qingyu is wearing a cloak, wearing a large placket with a pink skirt and a waist is extremely delicate, wrapping people tightly, stepping on white embroidered shoes, and a pair of beautiful butterflies are lifelike on the upper. Willow eyebrows, a small cherry mouth, and facial features seem to be carefully carved by a famous craftsman.
"Heh, didn't you say that you want to die or live? Can you still go out and join in the fun? Lin Shiyu walked in a red chest-length skirt, with a pair of golden flying phoenix pearls inserted in the bun on her head, which made her skin more delicate and her appearance beautiful.
Lin Qingyu looked at Lin Shiyu with complicated eyes.
"Don't think that if your father is angry with you, you can walk sideways in front of me, no one dares to stop me from doing anything, and you don't want to have a good life in this Lin Mansion in the future." Lin Shiyu raised her chin, her eyebrows were high, her eyes under her long eyelashes were full of arrogance and disdain, and she took two steps closer in front of Lin Qingyu: "One day I will let you and your shameless mother get out of the gate of the Lin family in a gloomy manner!" ”
Lin Qingyu raised her eyes playfully, and said "oh" without being salty or light: "Then wait and see?" ”
"Hmph, you'd better be so tough all the time." Lin Shiyu just thought she was bluffing, rolled her eyes, and was surrounded by her mother-in-law and maids and walked to the most luxurious carriage. Before getting into the carriage, he turned around and threw a disdainful look at Lin Qingyu, with a useless expression of jealousy.
Miaogui's face became very ugly, and she looked at Lin Qingyu very worriedly: "Miss, if there are adults here, it will definitely not be from the third young lady." ”
"Don't worry." Lin Qingyu put aside her clear black eyes, and a hint of gloom flashed in her eyes. Although Lin Shiyu is not much of a threat to her now, she will not take it lightly.
Fengfu and Linfu are at the end of a street and a street, and the time of a pillar of incense will arrive.
The Feng family is a rich family, and in the southern country where officials are heavy and businessmen are light, even the imperial court respects and fears a few points, which shows that his family business is huge, although it is not as rich as the country, it is also a rich party. And although the Lin family is also a prestigious family, the highest grade is only Lin Qiwen - a three-grade secretary who manages poetry and classics, and the Feng family is naturally incomparable.
The Lin family has to move around a lot.
Lin Qingyu opened the screen window and looked up at the plaque hanging high on the closed main door of the Feng family, her eyes moved slightly. The Feng Mansion with the emperor's own inscription is indeed a glorious lintel, but no one knows how noble the one who is incognito in the Feng family is.
Naturally, the women's banquet will not go through the main entrance, but enter through the side door. There are people to greet the young ladies of the Lin family, and Lin Shiyu is naturally at the forefront, followed by Lin Qingyu. And Lin Suyao obediently followed Lin Qingyu's side, saying that Lin Qingyu was just a faint response.
Lin Suyao's attention seemed to drift a little far, stepping into the side door of the Feng family's vermilion lacquer plaque, her hand stroking the hem of her clothes, and her eyes flashed with a faint excitement.
Lin Qingyu walked down the steps with her skirt in her hand, walked from the hand-copying verandah to a door called "Chunyuan", and glanced at Lin Suyao lightly: "My sister seems to be very happy?" ”
Lin Suyao was slightly stunned, and some unnaturalness flashed on her face: "Uh, naturally I'm happy, I am a concubine and I can't participate in many banquets, so it is inevitable that there will be some ......."
Lin Shiyu glanced back at Lin Suyao, she has always looked at no one well, and this time it is rare that she did not sarcastically mock Lin Suyao.
"Cousin, let's wait." A young girl walked out from the woman hired in the Chunyuan Gate, wearing a silk white long skirt layered like smoke in the distant mountains, holding a small fan of snowflake pear openwork in her hand, her fair face is pale eyebrows and eyes, her appearance is beautiful and vulgar, and her temperament alone can make people look twice.
The subordinates who led the way saluted earnestly: "Miss Zhao." ”
"It doesn't have to be so polite." Zhao Changge smiled gently, it seemed that he had a good personality, and he also took some loose silver to them: "This Chunyuan Gate is not allowed to bring maids in, you help me take care of some Lin family sisters." ”
Lin Qingyu looked at the older girl in front of her, and naturally recognized it at a glance as a person from Mrs. Zhao's maiden family, Zhao Changge at the end of the four beauties in Kyoto. She also has a sister named Zhao Changxue, who is now the rightful favorite concubine in the palace - and also the arrogant reliance of Mrs. Zhao's mother and daughter in the Lin family.
"Cousin." Lin Shiyu leaned in with a smile and took her hand affectionately: "You just need to wait for me inside, why bother to come out and run, I'm embarrassed." ”
"I haven't seen you for a long time, so naturally I miss it, you don't go to Zhao's Mansion to walk around on weekdays, and after my sister enters the palace, I am the only woman left in the house, and I don't have a companion." Zhao Changge smiled and complained, but when he said it, it made people feel even better. The gentle eyes glanced behind Lin Shiyu, fell on Lin Suyao, and frowned without moving: "This is a delicate person, I don't know what it is?" ”
"Sister Lin Suyao, she can't take it on the table, and her cousin asks her what she is doing?" Lin Shiyu wondered, after all, she was still young, thinking that her cousin wanted to make friends with Lin Suyao, so she immediately snorted: "How can our descendants have a reason to make friends with their concubines." ”
"You, when can you change this temper, I think your sister Su Yao has an excellent temper, you have to learn from her." Zhao Changge didn't say any more, but everyone who listened to her thought she was kind, she shook the small fan in her hand, and glanced at Lin Suyao again: "Cousin, come with me." ”
"Okay" Lin Shiyu responded, glared at Lin Suyao viciously, eager to eat her alive. looked at Lin Qingyu meaningfully, opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but she seemed to think of something and snorted coldly, and left with Zhao Changge without saying anything.
Lin Suyao felt disdain in Zhao Changge's eyes, and her thin body trembled for no reason. Listening to Lin Shiyu's words, it was very piercing, and I could barely raise my head. She thought deeply, and she figured it out as soon as she thought about it, and she was secretly angry in her heart why she was wearing clothes similar to Zhao Changge, and now it was insulting, but others didn't think it. Immediately glared at Lin Qingyu dissatisfied.
Zhao Changge is a high-minded and scheming person, although he is gentle and virtuous on the face, he is also a two-faced person, it is not a good thing to offend her, but Lin Suyao was offended because she wore clothes similar to her.
Lin Qingyu has been lowering her eyes and pretending to know nothing, if she could be more defensive in her previous life, she would not be calculated. She can remember what Zhao Changge is wearing today, and deliberately put Lin Suyao together, because the events of this day are indeed enough for her to remember for the rest of her life.
At the peach blossom banquet in her previous life, Lin Qingyu was splashed wet with her clothes, Lin Suyao kindly took her to the guest room to change clothes but locked her inside, and stole her coat. Lin Qingyu kindly let him go, but the young man pounced on him in a delirium. At this moment, a large group of people broke in, and Lin Suyao loudly asked her why she did such an unseemly thing, but she desperately defended but no one listened.
That young man is Zhao Changge's handsome servant Meng Dong, handsome and delicate, and he is also a scholar, but he was sold into the Zhao family because of his poor family background. The young man who adhered to etiquette was drugged and messed with the Lin family's daughters in the room at this time. Zhao Changge was furious when he saw it, and Meng Dong came to his senses and committed suicide by jumping into the lake that night.
Everyone said that she coveted Meng Dong's beauty and drugged Meng Dong, but she forced him to death. Lin Qingyu's reputation was ruined, and she was locked up in the dark Lin Family Ring Hall for a whole year, and slowly reflected who had harmed her, and no matter how much she regretted it, it was useless.
She was rescued when she was halfway through the age of fourteen, but by then she was blind, and although she was later cured, she was always left with sequelae. So much so that how many midnight dreams she came back later, she couldn't help but think that if she did it again, she would have to make them pay!
"Sister, you?" After Lin Suyao eased her mind, she noticed Lin Qingyu's cold eyes, and her back couldn't help but feel cold, and there was a trace of fear in her eyes: "The expression is so terrible, just like ....." She was afraid of making Lin Qingyu unhappy and swallowed the words in her throat, Nuo Nuo said: "Sister, are you uncomfortable?" ”
Lin Qingyu was interrupted by Lin Suyao's memories, put away the sneer at the corner of her mouth, turned her eyes to look at her, and explained nonchalantly: "I suddenly remembered that I kindly raised a cat before, but later it scratched its paws fiercely. Now that I think about it, I should have killed her before she even grew up. ”
Lin Suyao gritted her teeth, lowered her head weakly, and felt a deep uneasiness in her heart. Could it be that Lin Qingyu knew something? How is it possible, she Lin Qingyu is the most easy to deceive, and she hasn't seen anything unusual about her recently.