The golden branches and jade leaves of the Guogong Mansion left the bedroom with a beautiful view, and two maids wearing blue skirts of the lake walked in, both holding double snail buns, generally tall and short, with thick eyebrows and big eyes and cherry mouths, and suddenly looked like a pair of twin sisters, and when Yijing saw them, the feeling of being reborn after the catastrophe became more and more real.

Qiuyue and Qiushuang, both of whom grew up with her, are more like playmates than maids.

Both of them are Mama Yang's granddaughters, and their birthdays are also at the beginning and end of October, Yijing is very close to them, but unfortunately these two maids later returned to Chuzhou with Mama Yang, and when they recall it carefully, it seems to be the matter of Ming Spring, and since then, Yijing has never seen them again.

Qiu Yue was holding a bowl of pitch-black medicinal soup in her hand, and Qiu Shuang was holding a small box of candied fruit in her hand.

One waited for Yijing to take medicine, and the other hurriedly picked up a candied fruit and fed it to Yijing's mouth.

"Wu Niang, don't take the words that San Niang said to heart, although Mrs. Tai punished you the day before yesterday, but as soon as I heard that you were cold, I was so anxious that I sent Sister Linglong to visit several times in a day, and I came in person yesterday evening, Wu Niang was asleep at the time, so I didn't know." Qiu Yue is the most clever, knowing that Yijing has a problem in her heart after being punished, she was teased by Sanniang just now, afraid that she will feel uncomfortable.

Chun Du also said: "Let's just say that this morning, the sky has just dawned, Linglong came over again, and asked the lady to not have a fever again, so she was relieved to go back to Yuanying Hall." ”

The words of the two maids made the guilt in Yijing's heart even stronger, and he only felt that no matter how sweet the candied fruit in his mouth was, it could not alleviate the bitterness of the medicinal soup, but no matter how bitter the medicinal soup was, it was not as bitter as the bitterness in his heart.

The reason why she was punished was because she was curious to read a few books like "Resentment East Pavilion" and "Mandarin Duck Couple", but somehow her grandmother learned about it, so she punished her and asked her to copy the scriptures in the Buddhist hall for an hour, the punishment itself was not heavy, but she used to be a pearl held in the palm of her grandmother's palm, and she didn't think it was a big mistake to read a few books, so she only thought that her grandmother was making a big fuss, and she couldn't help but blame her for taking her in front of her sisters, so that she couldn't wipe her face, just to gamble on this breath, I copied the scriptures in the Buddhist hall all night, and no one persuaded me to leave, and there was a torrential rain that night, and the wind and rain were rapid, and the Buddhist hall itself was damp and damp, so I suffered from the cold.

Since this time, her grandmother has been stricter with her than before, and the gap between the originally close grandparents has increased, and when Yijing went to Yuanying Hall, she was not as diligent as when she was a child, and she often complained in front of her mother, no matter how her mother persuaded her and the maids around her, this estrangement was not resolved after all.

Others say that she is Bing Xue smart, but she is not as transparent as the maids around her, and Yijing hates her former self at this time.

"Twilight, bring me those notebooks." Said suddenly.

Chun Du was stunned for a moment, and persuaded worriedly: "Wu Niang...... Mrs. scolded you, so don't read those books. ”

Yijing didn't explain, but stubbornly looked at Chundui, after all, Chundui was still helpless, turned around and went to the study, Qiuyue and Qiushuang were also very worried, the sisters looked at each other, wanted to persuade, and were afraid of making the little master angry, so they bit their lips and were silent.

"Go and get a brazier and come in." Yijing said again.

The worry was even worse, and Qiushuang couldn't help asking: "Wu Niang feels cold on her body, it's all May, where can I stop the brazier?" ”

"It's not for warmth." Yijing smiled helplessly, feeling itchy in his throat, and couldn't help coughing a few times: "Go and get it, I'll be useful." ”

The three maids were busy separately, looking for a book, looking for a book, and holding a brazier, all full of doubts and deep worries, and finally stood on one side and looked at each other with their hands down, until they saw Yijing throw a stack of books into the brazier, and then they exclaimed in unison, and the oldest Chun Dusk quickly moved the burning brazier farther away, for fear that the sparks would splash on Yijing, while persuading: "This book is found by Houfu Yueniang to relieve the boredom of the lady, the lady doesn't look at it, and it will be returned to her another day, why burn it?" If Yueniang asked, wouldn't the lady be embarrassed. ”

Yijing clapped her hands, turned around and sat back on the couch, watching those books turn to ashes, and couldn't help but smile: "Since she gave it to me, she won't ask me to go back, not to mention that this is not a good book, it is better to burn it clean." ”

I still remember that in my previous life, these books were taken away by my mother, but she followed up and asked her cousin Huang Jiangyue to find a new one, and when she was free, she took it out and read it, and she really couldn't put it down, and she was fascinated by the stories of those talented and beautiful women and flowers before the moon, and she also longed for it

The son of a lover with the same heart has a lifelong relationship, and he has won a long time and vigorously.

And there happens to be such a person in her life......

It's true that it's vigorous, but it's a great irony that it's long and long.

There is such a story in this book, a boudoir woman, who knew a childhood sweetheart Langjun, thought that after the marriage, she would be able to marry this Langjun as a wife, but she never thought that the person who was married to her became Langjun's brother, and the woman cried and begged, but she couldn't marry her favorite lover, so she had no choice but to marry this Langjun's brother...... Seeing that Langjun every day, how can you forget? So this woman disregarded her shame and did something unethical with Na Langjun...... Later, in order to stay with the woman, Na Langjun persuaded the woman to poison her brother, and the woman was confused by the rhetoric, and she also hoped to stay with her beloved for life, so she did it...... It's a pity that in the end, she was poisoned by the person she liked, and before she died, she realized that it was Lang Jun who wanted to swallow the family wealth alone, so he used her to poison her brother. ”

Yijing said to the three maids.

Chundui was frightened when she heard it, and she came back to her senses after half a sound: "No wonder Mrs. Tai doesn't allow Wu Niang to read this book, this story is also a little scary, and it is also that woman is confused, once married, even if the husband dies, how can she stay with the little uncle for a long time?" It is long overdue to see through the malice of the little uncle. ”

Yes, such a simple matter, she couldn't see through it at the beginning, she only had lust in her heart, and she couldn't see the man's malice clearly.

Qiu Yue has always been a quick talker, and blurted out: "This book is also made up, that Lang Jun can kill his brother for the family's wealth, and he is also in a rich family, and the two of them want to do it...... How can such immoral things avoid people's eyes and ears? Even if she can avoid the eyes of others, there are always a few maids around the woman who are waiting for her every inch, and she can't avoid it. The woman was confused by Lang Jun's rhetoric, could it be that the maid was also confused, so that no one could see through Lang Jun's face? Remind the woman of this unacceptable scourge? It's time for these books to be burned. ”

After speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and went to serve the brazier: "Don't let this smoke smoke Wu Niang, I'll take it out and splash this nonsense pot of ashes." ”

Ridiculous in his previous life, he was enlightened at the age of three, he was literate and knowledgeable, and he thought that there was nothing bad about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he could not see that his knowledge was not as good as a few maids around him, and the smile on the corner of his lips was not without ridicule. It's a pity that none of these three maids have stayed by their side when they marry and go, only Xia Yun......

"Why didn't you see Xia Yun?" Thinking of the only person in the personal maid who married to the Chu Palace, Yi Jing asked.

"She's guarding the decoction of Wu Niang." Chun Twilight said.

Yijing couldn't help frowning: "In the future, all the things about my soup and medicinal food will be handled by Qiushuang." ”

Chun Du was stunned again, and couldn't figure out why the little master suddenly had such an order, but after all, he didn't say anything, only promised.

Qiu Yue was right, when she had a private meeting with Yu Zhou in the palace of the King of Chu, she couldn't hide it from a few maids around her, especially the most trusted Dong Yu, in fact, she had to go around to buy off those subordinates who guarded the courtyard, and watched the wind and guard, so as not to expose the scandal of her private meeting with Yu Zhou. Because of the spring twilight marriage, Dongyu was transferred to Luqingyuan to fill the vacancy, to say that she is still two years younger than herself, but because of her clever and keen, she will know her own mind the most, but it will take long to gain deep trust, and then Qiuyue and Qiushuang are also gone, and he regards Dongyu more and more as the first person around him.

I still remember what Dong Yu said in a certain year and month: "Wu Niang's handwriting is so good, I don't know if I can give the slave and maid Linmo?" The slave and maid are very envious. ”

I think that from that time, the hideous trap had already begun to be laid.

Spring twilight is soft, but Dongyu is different from her, the most decisive person, after obtaining his trust, he is extremely strict with the maids and servants in the Green Garden, and even several other first-class maids are only her head, back then he still felt that it was easy to make trouble, not only did he ignore it, but also indulged the power of the Winter Rain to grow, as if he became the second master of the Green Garden, and later even became the deputy master of Guan Sui Yuan, even if the other maids knew what was wrong, they did not dare to cross the winter rain and persuade themselves to say anything.

In the end, it's still your own fault, but it's not too late to regret it, because time has already started.

Although I don't know what the role Xia Yun played on that Lantern Festival night, from now on, I have to guard against her, and I don't need such maids around me who only know the flames.

Yi Jing thought back to the past, and faintly noticed that there were still many hideous faces behind Dongyu and Yu Zhou, but before he had time to think about it, his train of thought had been interrupted by the arrival of the Duchess Huang.

Huang walked into the bedroom with a kind face, stretched out his hand to help up his stepdaughter who stepped forward to salute, took her hand, looked at her face carefully, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the fever has subsided?" But do you still feel uncomfortable on your body? ”

"Mother Lao is worried." Yijing's smile was very sweet, and he swept away the gloom when he recalled the past just now: "It's just that there is still a little cough." ”

"That's how you hit a child." Huang stroked Yijing's sideburns: "Every time I get cold, it's that this cough drags on for a long time, but I have to take care of it carefully, don't eat the hot food these days, I brought you Chuanbei loquat dew, which has been handed over to Chundu, remember to take it on time." Talking about what happened just now: "I have already said Sanniang, she doesn't dare to disturb you again." ”

Yijing was a little ashamed: "The third sister came to visit me specially and didn't mean to disturb me. ”

Huang smiled slightly: "How is her temperament, can she hide it from me?" It's nothing more than the unhappiness of wanting to come to you, and I heard that I accused you a few words? ”

"It's not an accusation, what the third sister said is reasonable, I'm too willful, and I'm tired of worrying about the elders."

"So, you don't complain about your grandmother in your heart?" Huang also said that a pair of eyes were full of indulgence and pampering.

Yijing became more and more ashamed: "Whoever dares to complain about my grandmother, she is all for my sake." ”

"If only you could figure it out." Huang patted the back of Yijing's hand: "It's all Qi Niang's fault, I have already scolded her, sent her back to Jianning Houfu, and let your aunt discipline her well." ”

The Qi Niang in Huang's mouth refers to Huang Jiangyue in Jianning Houfu, she is Yijing's cousin, although she is not the daughter of Jianning Hou, her father is also a descendant, because Mrs. Houfu is alive and has not yet separated, so Jiang Yue also lives in Houfu with her parents and family. Jiang Yue and Yijing have similar temperaments and similar ages, and the two are in-laws, so they come and go very frequently.

"Actually, they all blame me, I heard Qin Wuniang talk about these words earlier, and I felt that the story was novel for a while, and Yueniang said that the fourth cousin had a lot of similar words, so she asked the fourth cousin to ask for it...... This is so tired that Yueniang has to be blamed, maybe the four cousins will be implicated. ”

Huang was slightly stunned, thinking that he had never seen Wu Niang blame herself so much, this child was taught by the eldest princess, although he was arrogant when he was a child, as he grew older, he became more knowledgeable and courteous.

"It's good that you know your mistakes, and you can't read those scripts again in the future, lest Mrs. Tai know and get angry." Huang said, "What about the books? Give it to me, I can't look at it horizontally. ”

"Because she decided not to read those books anymore, my daughter has burned them all." Yijing said with a resolute face.

Huang was stunned again, and this time he carefully looked at Yijing's eyes: "Don't be so naughty, leave it to me quickly, and teach Mrs. Tai to rest assured." ”

"I was really burned by my daughter...... Several maids in the spring twilight witnessed it with their own eyes. ”

Qiu Yue only came back with ashes at this time, and when she heard this, she immediately came out to testify to the little master: "Madam, Wu Niang really burned those scripts, and the slave maid just took out the brazier, and there was still some smoke in the house at this time." ”

Yijing explained very reluctantly: "Because of these words, the book was punished by the grandmother, and the daughter also felt that it was a little worthless, and she burned it all in a fit of anger just now, also to make the grandmother feel relieved." ”

This kid seems to be a little angry, Huang shook his head, didn't think about it, and told Yijing a few words of dietary taboos, don't read too late at night, and so on, so he didn't delay any longer.

Since the old prince passed away three years ago, the eldest princess has no housekeeper's mind, all the affairs in the inner courtyard have been handed over to the Huang family, only let Mama Yang from the side, Huang's own son San Lang Su Xiong is only six years old, this son has just enlightened, divided a lot of Huang's thoughts, plus the filial piety period is over, it looks like the eldest princess's birthday is approaching, after three years, this year is a must be banqueted, and the sister-in-law Su Lian is delayed because of filial piety, this year is already eighteen, marriage is imminent, the eldest daughter Yichen has reached the end of the year, and then she has to plan for her, These things kept Huang busy and didn't have much time to talk to his daughters.

Yijing asked Chun Du to send Huang out, but he called Qiu Yue and Qiu Shuang to come close and asked about their grandmother, Mama Yang.

The ladies in the Guogong Mansion are equipped with a nurse, four first-class maids, eight second-class maids, ten third-class maids, and a number of rough mothers-in-law, like the older ladies are also equipped with eight guards, a coachman, and a number of errand boys, Yijing's nurse was sick a few years ago, and the eldest princess gave her a severance silver to let her go home to recuperate.

When she was still in Chuzhou, Mama Yang was the maid of the eldest princess, and later when Dalong founded the country, she became a palace maid, and then she came to the Guogong Mansion with the eldest princess, and she has been waiting by the princess's side.

The eldest princess originally wanted to give Mama Yang a good kiss, but she was unwilling to part with the eldest princess, and it was not until nearly twenty-three or four that she married the big shopkeeper who took care of Rongqing Zhai for the Guogong Mansion, Qiushuang is the daughter of Mama's eldest son, Qiuyue is the daughter of the second son, and the two are actually cousins.

Yi Jing vaguely remembered that Mama Yang's youngest son somehow committed a crime, bullying the people outside, not to mention the defendant, and the imperial history impeached his father for indulging in domestic slaves because of this matter, although she never caused any big trouble, Mama Yang felt ashamed of her grandmother, and stayed in Jinyang without shame, and the family returned to Chuzhou, and never saw them again.

Let's say that three years ago, since Mama Yang began to assist the Duchess Housekeeper, there was no housekeeper around Yijing, and the eldest princess because she loved Yijing, and she didn't worry about picking someone casually, thinking about it, and then I saw that although Chun Du was not very old, she was a steady and cautious maid, so she simply let her be in charge of the affairs in Luqing Garden, and did not arrange for the housekeeper to come in.

Of course, this situation has changed with the spring twilight marriage.

Yijing thought back to the past, and felt more and more that things were strange back then, as if someone had been thinking about it for a long time in order to come to her side and finally gain her trust, step by step, and it was precisely to understand the doubts of the happy head that she wanted to talk in the mouth of the Qiushuang sisters.

"Grandmother is in good health, but she is too busy, so she can't often visit Wu Niang." Qiu Yue naturally didn't know the thousands of turns in Yijing's mind, and only replied crisply.

"I seem to remember that Mama mentioned that you still have a little uncle?" Yijing asked again.

Qiu Yue didn't think much about it at all, and still replied crisply: "The slave's little uncle helped his grandfather in Rongqing Zhai, and yesterday he asked someone to bring in a box of pineapple crisp to relieve Qiushuang's hunger." ”

Qiushuang smiled: "I don't know whose stomach that box of pineapple cake ended up in, why did it satisfy my cravings?" ”

Qiu Yue made a grimace and said to Yijing: "Wu Niang doesn't know, the little uncle loves Sister Qiushuang the most, if I hadn't lied to him that Qiushuang likes to eat pineapple cakes, he wouldn't have paid attention to me." ”

"Okay, you little girl, use my name to trick my little uncle into eating, and in turn say these sour words, we are all uncle's nieces, where is there a difference between intimacy and alienation?"

Seeing that they were fighting with each other, the heaviness in her heart eased a little, and while envying the time when the cardamom girl didn't know how to be sorrowful, she asked again: "It sounds like your little uncle is not very old." ”

This time it was Qiushuang who replied: "It's twenty years old this year, but my grandmother still says that he is not stable enough, like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old hairy child." ”

"Why doesn't Mama say kiss for him?"

"The little uncle of the slave is ambitious, saying that if he doesn't earn a share of the family business, he won't find a daughter-in-law, and some time ago he planned to worship the master of Rongqingzhai to learn the craft, and wanted to open his own shop in the future, and his grandfather knew about him and scolded him, saying that he wanted to betray the master." Qiu Yue's heart was straightforward, but Qiu Shuang was more secure, and she hurriedly pulled her sister and explained carefully: "Wu Niang, the little uncle is just talking, and he doesn't really want to open a shop." ”

Yi Jing smiled: "Even if your little uncle really opened a shop by himself, it's nothing, and the Guogong Mansion doesn't rely on Rongqingzhai to feed, and Rongqingzhai is also a lot of your grandfather's care for many years, and my grandmother originally wanted to reward your family in the future." I secretly thought in my heart, it seems that Mama Yang's youngest son is not an idle person, how could he suddenly bully the people? This is really strange.

If Mama Yang didn't feel guilty because of her son's affairs, she wouldn't have left Jinyangjing, and Qiuyue and Qiushuang wouldn't have left her side, if they were there, it wouldn't be easy for Dongyu to be alone, after all, her relationship with Qiuyue and Qiushuang was not easy to be alienated by others.

What's more, in the previous life, if Mama Yang had been in the Guogong Mansion and later married herself, her grandmother would definitely let her accompany her, and with her by her side, maybe Yuzhou's conspiracy would be difficult to implement, even if she couldn't let go of her feelings for him, under the supervision of Mama Yang, she wouldn't be able to do anything with others, and she wouldn't be so confused that she would be used by others and become a wicked woman who poisoned her husband, and ended up with a "suicide in fear of crime".

As soon as I thought of Yu Zhou, my heart was full of colic, but there was only hatred oozing.

He said that he used to be really in love, but since then, his love has changed?