Chapter 16 [The Concubines of the Xu Mansion]
The next morning, when Junyi woke up, Xu Ziqian next to him didn't know when he got up.
"Madame, are you awake? Hou Ye got up when he was young, and someone from the official office said that he had a business trip. Chunlan saw her wake up, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit up, Qiu Ju brought a glass of warm boiled water, gave her a drink, and then helped her to the clean room.
As soon as Qingyu came out, she came in the door to report: "Madam, a few aunts have come to greet Madame." β
Qiu Ju was stunned for a moment and looked at Junyi. I saw Jun Yi's face as usual, and said to Qingyu: "Well, let a few aunts wait outside first." Go and bring in breakfast. β
"Ouch, my sister is awake? Let the concubine come and wait for my sister to freshen up. As soon as Junyi's words fell, he heard a crisp voice coming in from outside.
Qiu Ju heard an arrow step and stepped out, and the future people blocked the door, blessed her body, and said, "Hello aunt, slave Qiu Ju has seen aunt." β
"Oh," said the visitor, who was a little surprised and annoyed when he saw that a maid had stopped her, "get out of the way, I'm going to wait on Madame." β
"Aunt Don't work," Qiu Ju still didn't give in, "My wife waited for the Hou Ye all night, and now she is bathing, and my aunt is still outside and waits for a while." As he spoke, he actually put his mouth to the man's ear and whispered, "Madame's temper is not very good. My aunt also knows, Mrs. and Hou Ye are newly married, last night, Mrs. didn't close her eyes all night last night, and now she is annoyed, and it is not good to lose her temper with Hou Ye, so we are all careful this morning. However," he paused, pretending to turn sideways and said, "However, perhaps my aunt will wait, and Madame may be ........"
This aunt was stunned by Qiu Ju, thinking that she didn't make a fart but annoyed Mrs., just now the heart that said to wait had already flown out of the clouds, and when she saw that Qiu Ju was going to let her in, she hurriedly stepped back and said, "Alas, since Mrs. is bathing, I will wait and wait here." With that, he withdrew.
Junyi didn't pay attention to the outside affairs, but Chunlan took her to the soft couch and half lay down, Qingyu saw this, blessed her, and walked out.
"Chunlan, find a set of outfits to change for me, and let Qiu Ju comb my hair." Jun Yi commanded.
Qiu Ju was stepping in, and after listening to it, she hurriedly took a comb to knot her hair in strands and folded it on the top of her head, but it was a fashionable lily bun, and then inserted a gold silk inlaid ruby double luan dot cui step, a gold silk eight treasures beaded hairpin, and wore a lilac palace silk flower on the side of the bun. Then he brought the fat powder box, lightly puffed some red fat powder on Junyi's face, hooked a willow eyebrow, and finally gently applied vermilion lip grease to her lips.
Qiu Ju got it here, and Chunlan brought a peony thin hookah mopping long skirt for Junyi to change, and then put on a coat of gold buttons and peony pattern Shu brocade. After dressing up like this, Ye Junyi swept away the sickness just now, and the whole person immediately flew brightly, and suddenly looked a little dignified and charming.
Jun Yi's master and servant have been cleaning up for a few years, Qingyu has already set up early, Jun Yi ate some porridge and small packets as usual, and then ordered to withdraw.
"Qingyu, let the aunts come in." Qingyu was directing the mothers-in-law to clean up the table, and suddenly heard Jun Yi's order, raised his head, and looked at Jun Yi in surprise: "Madam, tell the aunts to come in?" β
"Yes." Junyi lazily picked up the book and leaned back, but did not look at her.
"Yes, ma'am, the slave and maid will go at once." Qingyu is also a smart maid, she can see through a little, Ye Junyi at this time is inconvenient, and going out will let those aunts see the clues, so she will lose her identity.
Ye Junyi straightened her clothes, Qiu Ju and Chunlan also came over, made up the lipstick, cushioned the pillows, and then stood aside in a regular manner. Jun Yi nodded secretly in his heart, it seems that Liu's etiquette training before the wedding is really good. As soon as the three of them cleaned up, they saw Qingyu and the Qian family bringing a few wonderful people in.
Jun Yi leaned on the couch and looked at the team of people with a pair of wonderful eyes.
"Madam, the slave maid brought a few aunts to greet Madame." Qian walked to Jun Yi and blessed him, and then let go and stood beside the couch. This Qian Shiguo is not simple, and several aunts are well-behaved behind her. But Junyi found that the four wonderful people had different expressions.
The wonderful person who walked to the front is the most outstanding, and at first sight she is the daughter of an unusual family, she walks dignified and polite, and her demeanor is high. Aged about twenty-eight. Nine, dressed in a blue emerald cigarette shirt, has a thin face, but there is a faint melancholy in his eyes.
"Concubine Yu Clan, please say hello to Mrs." The etiquette is thoughtful and the posture is elegant, but it is a rejection and a thousand miles. She didn't look at Ye Junyi, took the tea and put it in her hand, and immediately took a step back and stood aside. Ye Junyi's tea almost didn't hold it steady, and the water overflowed, making her hands hot and painful.
"Is Aunt Yu sick today or what's wrong? This made Hou Ye see what kind of system he had become. Before Ye Junyi could speak, the Qian family glanced at Aunt Yu and opened her mouth to speak.
When Aunt Yu heard this, her body trembled slightly, her lower lip was tightened, her back was straight, and her eyes looked stubbornly ahead but she didn't say anything.
"Oh, I see that Aunt Yu's face is not very good, but she has some heart palpitations recently?" Jun Yi quietly took a sip of tea and asked.
Aunt Yu bit her lower lip hard, and after a pause, she replied stiffly, "Yes, madam." β
"Qiu Ju, show your aunt to sit, you're already in bad health, don't stand up." Jun Yi put down the teacup, brushed the hem of his skirt, and commanded softly.
Everyone looked at her with some surprise, Qian was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses in a blink of an eye, a trace of ridicule flashed on his face, and his eyes didn't know where to go.
"Oh, the concubine Lou Shi greets Mrs. Peace, I wish Mrs. all the best, and be in harmony with Lord Hou for a hundred years." At this time, the little concubine who was outside just now wanted to come in quickly took the tea and handed it over respectfully, Jun Yi glanced at her, only to see that her round face was covered with a thick foundation, and she couldn't see her real age clearly, and she smiled. Jun Yi took the tea, and she saw Jun Yi drink it before she stepped aside.
"That one thinks it's Sister Yin?" Junyi asked the third woman who looked like a beautiful woman, wearing a purple dress and a little like Mrs. Zhou.
"Yes, concubine Yin." That Yin's voice was slightly hoarse, and he casually took the teacup from Qiu Ju's hand and handed it to Jun Yi. Seeing this, Jun Yi didn't say anything more and still took it.
"This sister is .........."
Walk in the last one about touch sixteen. Seven years old, a pair of eyes turned around, disdainful of Jun Yi, and did not take the initiative to go forward to serve tea, seeing that Jun Yi asked, he wiped the corners of his mouth with the handkerchief in his hand, and walked forward to take the tea in Qiu Ju's hand and put it in Jun Yi's hand.
"Concubine ........"
"Smack!" Unexpectedly, Junyi's hand shrank, and the teacup fell to the ground without putting it in her hand. The woman didn't expect this, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then felt a little uneasy, and couldn't help but turn crimson and be at a loss, "Madam, Madam, this .........."
"My sister has to be careful, she was scalded by tea, and it wasn't good for Master Hou to come back and ask." Jun Yi leaned his head lazily and said as he looked at the finely made lace on his skirt. No one said anything about it. When the aunt heard this, her big eyes were filled with tears and she sobbed.
"Yes, Madame is right, it's the concubine who is careless, Madame, there are a lot of them, don't worry about the concubine." After speaking, he walked over, poured a new cup of tea with his own hands, and handed it to Jun Yi respectfully, "Mrs. drinks tea, and the concubine is Zeng." β
Junyi took it and drank it. and asked Chunlan to give them the meeting gift for the aunts that she had prepared earlier-a hosta for each person.
"Go down, all of you, Mrs. Ben didn't sleep peacefully last night, and she has to rest." After everything was in order, Junyi served tea and sent it off. When several aunts heard this, a trace of jealousy, resentment or ridicule flashed on their faces, and they followed Qian out unwillingly.
"Qingyu." οΌ
Junyi lost too much blood this time, and always felt a little tired and sleepy, she rested on the couch alone for a while, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that Qingyu, who was usually waiting outside, was still standing in front of the couch and called her.
"Yes, ma'am, do you have any orders?" Qingyu is an extremely elven girl, so she hurriedly stepped forward to answer the call.
Ye Junyi was about to sit up when he supported it, Qingyu helped him, and waited for a while, but saw Ye Junyi take the book and read it in his hand.
"Qingyu, how many years have you been by the Hou Ye's side?" Ye Junyi read the book for a long time before asking Qingyu standing next to him.
Qingyu listened to it and hurriedly replied to her words: "Back to Madame's words, the slave maid was originally waiting by the old lady's side, and the old lady sent the slave maid to serve the marquis four years ago. β
"Oh, then do you know how Aunt Yu got into the mansion? Where is my mother's family? "Jun Yi just saw that Aunt Yu was born well, she must not have been born in an ordinary family, she is a tall face, but why is she willing to be a concubine? Her visibly melancholy face, why? Ye Junyi was very curious about this person.
"Aunt Yu has been in the house for ten years, the slave was young at that time, and Aunt Yu's matter was also hearsay." Na Qingyu replied, "It is said that this jade aunt was originally the county lord of the country. β
"There is a clan?" Junyi really didn't know much about some countries in this era, "I've never heard of this." β
"Very few people have ever heard of it," replied Qingyu, "and the slave only learned about Aunt Yu that there was such a small country." I heard that there is a clan country in the south of our Daqi, the country is small and the people are weak, the mountains and rivers are poor, there is nothing to produce, and it is extremely poor. Dependent on the Great Qi and dependent on the grain and grass given by our king. Aunt Yu is the daughter of the prime minister of this country, when she was only ten years old, she came to Daqi with a wet nurse. β
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