Chapter 208: Tea Ceremony (I)
When Zhuo Zhaojie returned to Jinghonglou this night, it was already late at night, she was so tired that she was simply carried back by the 'girl', Ah Xing and Ah Li pinched their shoulders and beat their 'legs', and gave her 'rubbing'.
In the early autumn and the beginning of the autumn today, they were actually very tired with Zhuo Zhaojie, Ming 'Yin' and Ming Ye quietly went upstairs, took the handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "You go to bathe, let's come, and we will go down to find you later." ”
"I have to help the lady back to bed." Chuqiu and Liqiu's eyelids couldn't open, and they heard this sentence upside down, only hearing the meaning of Ming's 'groan' and Mingye's helper, so they hurriedly admonished, and stumbled downstairs.
Ming 'Yin' and Ming Ye served Zhuo Zhaojie lightly - because the two of them have been guarding Jinghong Building today, unlike Ah Xing and the four of them, they will be very tired, so they carried Zhuo Zhaojie to the couch, covered the thin quilt, put down the brocade tent, and removed a basin of ice in the corner of the house, after going downstairs, they entered the house of Chuqiu and Liqiu, I didn't want to be so good at kung fu, Chuqiu and Liqiu fell asleep on the couch, the two shook and screamed a few times and didn't wake them up, but they didn't even change their clothes, let alone bathe.
"It's the first time for the lady to come back so late, it's strange that everyone is tired like this." Ming 'Yin' smiled bitterly and whispered to Ming Ye.
The two of them couldn't help Chuqiu and Liqiu take off their robes and cover the thin quilt again, and then went to see Ah Xing and Ah Li, but they changed into dirty clothes and bathed, but they also slept deeply and couldn't wake up-Ming 'Yin' and Ming Ye couldn't help but look at each other, and said, "Did you see clearly when they came in?" ”
Ming Ye said: "The lady's tired appearance, where do I still have the heart to look at others?" ”
"The lady must not be holding it, the others ...... I don't seem to see it! Ming 'groaned' and said in embarrassment, "What about the dough?" I didn't see the lady when she came back to change her clothes before, and when she came back with Mrs. Zhao, she didn't pay attention to it at the time, why don't you see it now? Didn't you bring it back? ”
It is not easy for the lion cat to raise, especially if it is so small, it is Zhuo Zhaojie's special 'door' that assigned Ming 'Yin' and Mingye to take care of the dough, this is because Ming's 'Yin' and Mingye are not going out with Zhuo Zhaojie now, and they can concentrate on thinking about how to raise the dough well, so now Zhuo Zhaojie and Ah Xing and others are back, but the dough is nowhere to be seen, and Ming'yin' and Mingye have long been aware of it.
They went upstairs just now to replace Chuqiu and Liqiu, in fact, not only to replace the obviously exhausted Chuqiu and Liqiu, but also to ask the whereabouts of the dough, where did they think that these four 'women' were tired like this today, and they couldn't wake up from their sleep.
"Didn't Mo be borrowed by someone?" Mingye guessed, "It's not that this lion cat is a rare thing of gold and money, and it can't be raised by other idlers, but this one is still from Princess Yikang?" The dough is so cute, maybe the little lady at the table likes it and asks to play for two days? ”
Ming'yin' thinks about it, and it makes sense: "After all, it was given by the prince, and the lady was reluctant to give it away, maybe so." ”
Since this is the case, the two of them are no longer worried, and quietly go upstairs and sleep outside Zhuo Zhaojie's bedroom to accompany them for the night.
Although everyone in the house was tired enough the day before, they couldn't sleep a little more the next day - the new 'woman' wanted to serve tea.
Zhuo Zhaojie was woken up by Ming's 'groan' early in the morning, and his heart was really depressed, almost 'confused' and 'confused' by the maid' to help him wash and change clothes, until he sat down in front of the desk, Gao Qiu and Duqiu began to put breakfast out, she was a little sober, and saw that although Ah Xing and the four of them also got up to serve, but the haggard between their expressions was extremely obvious, so they said: "I will go to the room in a while, Ming'yin', Mingye, Gao Qiu and Duqiu will follow, you can make up for it, don't be tired." ”
Ah Xing hurriedly said: "The maid is not tired. The rest of the people also said the same, but Zhuo Zhaojie was sympathetic to them, and insisted that they stay in Jinghong Building to rest, and the four of them thanked them.
After breakfast, Zhuo Zhaojie asked Gao Qiu to go to Nianci Hall to have a look: "If my mother and third sister-in-law are almost ready, come and tell me." ”
Gao Qiu took the order and left, and at this time, Ming 'Yin' finally saw the opportunity to ask the dough: "Did the lady lend the dough to whose little lady to play yesterday?" ”
When she asked, Zhuo Zhaojie was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he asked Ah Xing uncertainly: "Yesterday's ...... After the dough ran away from the Nian Ci Hall, you ...... Didn't look for it? ”
Ah Xing's four of them all changed their faces', at that time, the dough caught Zhuo Zhaojie, and a room of people revolved around Zhuo Zhaojie, Ah Xing was still being questioned by You's at that time, where could he still take care of chasing the dough?
As a result, he followed You's and took Zhuo Zhaojie to the third room to find the eldest lady, and then sent Zhuo Zhaojie back to Jinghonglou to bathe and change clothes - it would have been found at that time, but at that time, Ah Xing mentioned Zhuo Jiangniang's affairs back then, which attracted Zhuo Zhaojie's mind, and Ah Li was afraid of delaying Chenguang who went out to greet the guests, so he forgot about the dough.
Then Zhuo Zhaojie ran around, greeted the guests, and led Zhao Caolu back to Jinghonglou to say something - the two of them were tired, and Zhuo Zhaojie's mind was placed on not making the mistake of being 'confused' by Zhuo 'Yu' Niang before, and it was important to distinguish whether Zhao Caolu's request had the intention of murdering Ning Shaobi.
Then I don't have the time to think about the dough.
I didn't want to do this, and when the banquet was dispersed in the evening, Zhuo Zhaojie didn't think about it, and when he returned to Jinghonglou, he fell asleep in a hurry, and he didn't wake up until he was asked by Ming.
Ah Xing hurriedly said: "Yesterday, a dough ran away from Niancitang, and the maid wanted to be seen by the person in front of the lady and raised it first, because yesterday the house was busy, and the lady also had to accompany the old lady to perfunctory 'female' relatives, so I didn't report it, and I would bring the dough back when Gao Qiu came back in a while." ”
Zhuo Zhaojie's face softened a little when he heard this, and said: "It's been a night and a half day, and I don't know what kind of hunger it looks like." ”
Ming Ye said: "Don't worry, the maid has already prepared food." ”
So the master and servant waited for Gao Qiu together, and after a while, Gao Qiu entered the 'door' and said: "Madame's side is already fine, and the third young lady is still watching the next person dress the two little Langjun, and then go out of the 'door', Madame asked the maid to tell the lady that she can pass." ”
Zhuo Zhaojie nodded and asked, "What about the dough?" ”
Gao Qiu was stunned for a moment and said, "Dough? ”
Seeing that she was confused, Zhuo Zhaojie's heart sank: "Didn't my mother or sister-in-law mention the dough to you?" ”
"Back to the lady, Mrs. and Mrs. Sanshao did not mention this matter." Gao Qiu said, "Or do you want to go and ask again?" ”
Zhuo Zhaojie felt a little bad in his heart, and stood up: "No need, I'm going over too, I'll ask myself." ”
Hurriedly arrived at Nianci Hall, You and Zhuo Fangli were in the hall, Zhuo Zhaocui sat down, saw Zhuo Zhaojie bowed slightly, Zhuo Zhaojie performed a family ceremony, and asked: "Mother, did you meet the dough yesterday?" ”
"Your little lion?" You Shi was stunned for a moment before remembering that the dough was the name of the lion cat that Ning Shaobi gave to the 'girl', and said in surprise, "Why didn't you care if it ran out yesterday?" ”
"No, I forgot." Zhuo Zhaojie said with some embarrassment.
You Shi glanced at her with disgust: "Look where you look like a person who feeds things?" "That said, in the end, it was given by Ning Shaobi, and the snow dragging gun is extremely expensive, You Shi still immediately ordered Aunt Mao, "Go out and ask." ”
Aunt Mao went out to ask around, and happened to meet Zhuo Zhaozhi and He's who led Zhuo Wuwu and Zhuo Wuji, and only after Zhuo Zhaozhi and the four of them saluted, she said: "Madam, the maid has asked, no one caught the dough yesterday, and no one has seen it." ”
Seeing that Zhuo Zhaojie's face immediately changed, He's hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Qi Niang's lion cat ran away?" ”
"Yesterday I was talking to my mother here, and if I didn't pinch it carefully, it grabbed me and ran out, and no one thought to chase me out...... There were so many things yesterday that I forgot about it. Zhuo Zhaojie's face was anxious, and he said, "But where will you go?" ”
Hirsch hurriedly said, "How's your hand?" ”
"The dough is still small, it's nothing, it's good to 'rub' for a while, but it's ......" Zhuo Zhaojie knew that the lion cat was precious and delicate, and he couldn't help but suspect that his subordinates had hidden it, and he was afraid that it would be easy to die if he didn't have someone who knew how to take care of it.
Zhuo Fangli frowned and said, "Chenguang is almost there, it's just a cat, so I will go to the upper room to receive the salute first, and then ask when I come back." ”
Although Zhuo Zhaojie was anxious, he also knew that it was impossible not to go to the room in order to find the dough, so he had to pout.
However, Aunt Mao specially asked You's to stay and find the dough.
It's rare to be so lively in the upper room, this scene of gathering together, Zhuo Zhaojie only met on the day he returned to Chang'an, at that time he thought that everyone was waiting to meet him, but later he learned that it was just his luck, and he caught up with his grandfather Minping Hou to return to the house, and the five rooms gathered together to ask Minping Hou to say goodbye, and he was stained with his grandfather's light to avoid the rush to meet the 'door' after returning to the Hou Mansion.
But it's different for the new 'woman' to enter the 'door', everyone has to drink this tea today, so naturally they have to come and wait.
For this reason, Min Pinghou also stayed in the study of the upper room last night, and changed into a homely robe at this moment, although he was also busy and perfunctory until late at night yesterday, but at this moment Min Pinghou Qingzhi's face could not see any tiredness, and he had recovered his eyes and "spirit" and "color".
But the Shen family next to him was about yesterday when he was tossed by the Yi family, although he was applied, his face was still 'exposed' tired and haggard.
What the rooms and Zhuo Zhaojie saw on the first day of returning to the Hou Mansion seemed to be that except for Zhuo Zhirun and the new 'woman' Ding, they had not yet arrived - but what surprised Zhuo Zhaojie, or the entire Zhuo family, and the Shen family, especially changed their faces, was that because the fifth lady returned to her parents' house with Zhuo Zhaobao in her arms, Zhuo Fangya should have been the only one to come, and she didn't want Zhuo Fangya to bring the 'flower' clan!
Seeing Zhuo Fangya carefully helping the 'Hua' clan who was wearing red and green and pretending to be shy to walk in, everyone was stunned, but Shen tightened his handkerchief and almost fainted!
Zhuo Fangdian, who confessed to the guests yesterday and said that he was unwell, also came out special today, and when he saw this scene, his face was also extremely ugly!
The Zhuo family, like all the self-respecting 'door' families, pays attention to the distinction between the descendants and the descendants, which can be clearly seen from the names of the descendants, not the descendants, the children are not allowed to use "Fang", the grandchildren cannot use "Zhao", but the male "female" is not subject to this restriction.
Especially on such a serious occasion today, not to mention that Zhuo Fangya actually helped the 'Hua' clan to the position of the former five ladies, it is not in accordance with the rules to let the 'Hua' clan and the ordinary maid 'girl' stand aside!
After all, after a while, Zhuo Zhirun and the Ding family will give everyone a tea salute - what is the matter with the concubine of the 'Hua' clan here?
In terms of identity, she is a concubine 'servant' and a subordinate, and she can't deserve the gift of the eldest son and the eldest daughter-in-law of the third room, and she is serving Zhuo Fangya in terms of seniority, but Zhuo Zhirun and Ding's serious elders always have to give Zhuo Fangya some decency.
Could it be that Zhuo Fangya plans to learn from Dunyuan Marquis and pet Mrs. Yi in the Zhuo family?
Thinking of the loss and anger suffered in the hands of the Yi family yesterday, the Shen family almost turned hideous!
It's just that she hasn't had a seizure yet, Min Pinghou has already looked at her young son with electric eyes, and said expressionlessly: "What about your daughter-in-law?" ”