The girl's face was surprised: "You are ......"

Wen Yi said with a smile: "I am also a guest in today's house, and my surname is Gu, Pingyang Gu." Lord Gu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is my cousin's uncle. She curtsied: "I've heard the name for a long time, but I can't see it, I don't want to be lucky enough to see it today." ”

The girl's cheeks were slightly red, and she returned the salute with her chin: "Don't dare to be, my surname is Du, and my father is the Marquis of Dongyang." After a pause, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, "Miss Gu and Gu Shilang's daughter are sisters, right?" I have known Sister Ling for many years, but it was the first time I saw you, and it was my rudeness. ”

Wen Yi guessed correctly, this is the eldest lady of the Dongyang Hou Mansion, Du Yuanru, the popular candidate for the legendary crown princess. But isn't she at odds with Wen Hui? Judging by her reaction, it doesn't look like that.

Wen Yi pursed her lips and smiled: "If you continue to be so polite, I'm afraid you won't be able to get to the point for half a day." What's the trouble with Miss Du? If there is anything I can do my part, please don't hesitate to speak. ”

Du Yuanru said a little embarrassedly: "Please come in and talk." Wen Yi walked to the door of the hut as she said, pushed the door and entered.

It was a very ordinary room, and as she had assumed, it should have been used by the servants at night. There was a table of eight immortals, four benches, a celadon oil lamp on the table, a tea tray with seven or eight plain porcelain teacups on the plate, and a blue and white teapot with a cotton sleeve sewn from blue cloth. In one corner of the house lay a simple wooden bed, stacked with a blue cloth quilt, with a half-worn tent hung up, and a basin stand beside the bed, but the shelf was empty.

Du Yuanru was standing at the foot of the bed not far from the window, just closed the window and walked towards the table. Wen Yi realized that she was wearing a green velvet jacket today, with delicate orchid patterns embroidered on her shoulders, cuffs and placket, a beige orchid embroidered horse-faced skirt underneath, and blue satin embroidered shoes on her feet. It's just that right now, most of the originally beautiful skirts and embroidered shoes are stained with dirty muddy water, and they look miserable.

What's more, Du Yuanru's movements when he walked over were a little unnatural, and he seemed to have an injury on his foot.

Wen Yi showed a look of surprise: "Miss Du, this is ...... Did you fall? ”

Du Yuanru's face flushed slightly: "When I was enjoying the flowers in the plum forest, because I was talking to others, I was careless for a while, I didn't know what was mixed with something, I fell, and my skirt became like this." I have sent my maid to bring me clean clothes and help me out, but I ...... I've been waiting here for a long time, and I haven't seen anyone come back, so I ......"

Wen Yi understood a little and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? I wonder where your squire is right now? I'll bring a letter for Miss Du. ”

Du Yuanru's eyes were overjoyed: "Then thank you to my maid named Xiaobari, who did not enter the garden with me, and now should be in the courtyard arranged by the Luwang Mansion for the guests and attendants." Miss Gu only needs to ask the maid of the palace to help pass on a word, and ask Xiao Bai to bring her clothes. ”

Wen Yi responded, and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly remembered something, so he glanced back at the house, and said hesitantly: "There is no brazier in this room...... Didn't Miss Du originally wear a cloak? Didn't you bring it with you? Although the velvet jacket is warm, Du Yuanru's skirt is soaked with muddy water, and she stays in this cold room for a long time, she must be very cold, right?

Du Yuanru pursed his lips: "I handed over the cloak to the maid who passed the word, if there is no cloak as proof, I'm afraid my maid may not believe her words." The cloak was also wet with muddy water, and it was useless to stay. I don't care, I can bear it for a while. Having said that, her cheeks were pale and her lips were slightly bruised, which showed that she was really cold.

Wen Yi frowned, simply took off her cloak and handed it over: "Miss Du, let's put on mine for the time being, I'm warm enough, and I won't worry about it if I don't wear it for a while." ”

Du Yuanru was taken aback, and then smiled: "I really don't need it, it will stain your cloak." I see Miss Gu, your body is not very strong......" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wen Yi's movements. Wen Yi simply took matters into her own hands, put on a cloak for her, and held her arm, asking her to sit down on the bench, before she smiled at her: "Don't be reckless, I ask myself if my body is stronger than yours, if Miss Du, you insist on refusing to wear my cloak, it can be seen that you dislike my things are shabby?" ”

As soon as she said this, Du Yuanru couldn't refuse, so she blushed slightly, thanked her, and said, "I brought an extra cloak out today, please put on mine first, and I will return this one to you when I take it home and wash it." ”

Wen Yi smiled, because of the proximity, she looked at Du Yuanru carefully, and found that the other party's complexion was like snow, as thin as congealed fat, and a pair of eyes were as bright as black pearls, obviously a beautiful and picturesque face, but because the two beautiful eyebrows were slightly thicker and straighter than the ordinary lady's thin willow eyebrows, they added a bit of heroism, and her whole person gave people the feeling that she was very bookish, and the two seemingly contradictory qualities were fused together, making her facial features suddenly bright and atmospheric.

Du Yuanru was also looking at Wen Yi, this young lady of the Pingyang Gu family, there was no resemblance to Gu Wenhui, at first glance, her appearance was still delicate, her temperament was gentle and peaceful, and she looked just an ordinary lady. However, judging by his words and deeds, he seems to be a kind-hearted person. In normal times, such a girl would never be the object of her friendship, but after talking, it is not difficult to get along with. Du Yuanru even felt that although Gu Wenhui had known her for a long time, and her temperament didn't seem to be so rude and willful and unapproachable, if she wanted to choose, she would rather choose this Miss Gu, who didn't seem to have much strength, as her friend.

Wen Yi's cloak was only clipped, only with raw edges, and although the material was thick, it couldn't be compared to a thick felt or real fur cloak. Wen Yi was in good health and dressed thickly, and it was warm enough to wear it, but Du Yuanru was wearing a wet skirt and sitting in this cold room for a long time, this cloak was a little insufficient for her, so the chill on her body only weakened slightly, and her lips were still purple.

Wen Yi frowned, and hurriedly reached out to check the teapot, but it was empty. She thought for a while and said, "This is not a way, this house is getting colder and colder the more you stay, Miss Du, you wait here, I'm afraid that before anyone comes, you will already fall ill." Does your foot hurt badly? If you can still walk, can I help you to a warmer place? There is a brazier in the still water pavilion in front of you, so if you go there and wait, at least you are not afraid of catching a cold. ”

Du Yuanru hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay." After a pause, "If it's convenient, can you please help me to the front yard?" This side of the road is connected to the front yard, I remember when I got off the bus, there was a small corner door in the side yard, leading to this road. Although my maid was not in the courtyard, my carriage and other rough maids were waiting there, with clothes and a stove. I went back to the car and changed my clothes, which would have saved me a little bit of trouble. ”

Wen Yi was a little puzzled, but quickly understood what she meant. It's also a shame for her to appear in front of people in such a disheveled manner, right? As a popular candidate for the crown princess, it is best to maintain the dignified bearing of everyone's ladies in front of everyone. She doesn't want to make a fool of herself, it's human nature. Wen Yi thought that she didn't have anything to do, Wen Xian was in the princess, Wen Juan was very safe in the Jingshui Pavilion, Jiang Yao had Xiaojunjun to take care of her, and although Wen Hui's actions made people angry, but with so many people, it was impossible for anything to go wrong, so she would accompany Du Yuanru for a while.

Thinking so, she nodded, then helped Du Yuanru and carefully walked out step by step. Du Yuanru said with a smile: "You don't have to be so cautious, my injury is not serious, but there is some pain in my ankle, and with a little patience, it is not a problem to walk." ”

Wen Yi looked at the cold sweat on her forehead, and knew that she must be in pain, but since she said so, why did she expose it in person? Such a prominent woman probably doesn't want to show weakness to others, right?

She then increased the speed of walking, but the strength of her hands also increased, hoping to make Du Yuanru walk a little easier. Du Yuanru didn't know if he noticed her kindness, he glanced at her sideways, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although Du Yuanru was stubborn, her foot injury was not light, and before she walked through the door of the Moon Cave, Du Yuanru's face was already blue with pain, and she couldn't go any further, and she staggered to hold on to a long ladder by the wall, almost slipping to the ground. Wen Yi hurriedly helped her up and took a few steps back and sat down in front of the door of the Moon Cave. The door was originally plum-shaped, and the threshold was about half a foot above the ground, just enough for people to sit on it. Du Yuanru breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and apologized to Wen Yi with a wry smile: "I made Miss Gu tired." ”

Wen Yi smiled and shook her head, and looked into the door, inside was a courtyard of half an acre, except for the stone path in the middle, only flowers and plants were planted, and there was a small stone pavilion in the corner, and there was a pond beside the pavilion, raising a few fish. At the end of the path is a valet gate, and you can see the Merlin on the other side of the aquarius door, and there are figures walking in the distance, and the sound of pianos and women frolicking can be heard. I think it's the entrance to the Xiangxue Sea that Lin Meier said.

Wen Yi thought to herself, if Du Yuanru had scruples and didn't want to go to the Jingshui Pavilion, he simply let her wait in the small stone pavilion and call the two maids of the palace to help, wouldn't it save trouble and avoid people? Thinking like this, she turned to Du Yuanru and was about to open her mouth to persuade her.

At this moment, the voices of several men came from the other end of the road, and it seemed that someone was laughing. Wen Yi and Du Yuanru frowned in unison and glanced at each other. Without the latter to speak, Wen Yi helped her up first and retreated behind the Moon Cave Gate. Listening to the laughter of the man who was getting closer and closer at the other end of the road, she couldn't express her disgust, thinking that the banquet in the palace on this road, although it was to give the children of the clan nobles and official families a chance to go on a blind date, was too unsophisticated

The voices were getting closer and closer, and one of the men in the lead could be heard saying in an annoying tone: "I have to be close to the beauty today, so I can only look at it from a distance every time, which makes people's hearts itch and uncomfortable to death."

The person who spoke next to him seemed to be his entourage, and his tone was full of flattery and flattery: "Young Master Zhou, Miss Du will be your person after today, from now on, you can watch as long as you want, think about that body of flesh...... Looks like a fairy daughter......"

Wen Yi was taken aback, and at the same time felt a shock under his hands, and Du Yuanru's face showed a strong look of disgust.

The "young master" scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? That's what you can think about? ”

The man was busy begging for mercy: "It's the little one who said it wrong, the little one smacks his mouth" and "pop" came twice, and the "young master" said lightly: "Okay, just this once, don't take it as an example" but laughed twice: "You have a vision, you know that her skin and flesh are ......"

The other person said with some hesitation: "Young Master, does this really matter?" Others say that Miss Nadu is the princess who is determined. If people know, our mother's situation will be ......."

"Afraid of what?" The flattering person retorted, "There are many candidates for the crown princess, who said it must be Miss Du?" When this kind of thing happened, she was embarrassed to let people know, so she casually reported her illness and got by. When the person of the crown princess is selected, Young Master Zhou will invite the mother to come forward and propose to the Du family, this Miss Du will really become Young Grandma Zhou, with the identity of your uncle, she is worthy of a daughter, and she will not be wronged."

The "young master" laughed proudly twice, and hurriedly "shhhhh Let's go over quickly, you take care of me, don't let anyone approach, when I get my hands on it, I will reward you."

The others responded, and their footsteps went in the direction of the vigil hut.

As soon as they left, Du Yuanru immediately fell soft, Wen Yi hurriedly supported her and hugged her hard, with indescribable anger in her heart.

Who is that? It sounds like a relative, but what relative, so bold, dares to have such a mind? Even the candidate for the crown princess dares to move?

She couldn't help but reply to Du Yuanru: "Does Miss Du know who that is?" ”

Du Yuanru gasped and said, "Yes...... Zhou Cairen's brother I met him in the queen's palace, and I recognized his voice......" She gritted her teeth: "I just said that his gaze was uncomfortable, but I didn't expect it...... How dare he ......" his hand trembled slightly.

Just a little bit...... Just a little bit...... If she hadn't left the hut with this Miss Gu family, she was there alone at this time, shouting loudly, and she didn't know if anyone could hear her......

Wen Yi heard that he was just the younger brother of a talented man, and he couldn't help but wonder, how could such a person dare to call himself an uncle?

Du Yuanru saw that she was puzzled, so he explained: "Zhou Cairen was originally from the Queen's Palace, and because of the holy favor, he gave birth to the Nine Emperor Sons, so he was canonized. "Paused," Not long ago, the queen once made a statement to the emperor that she wanted to raise the Nine Emperor Sons under her knees, and Zhou Cairen, as the biological mother of the Nine Emperor Sons, naturally had an unusual status in the palace. Her younger brother is said to be a single heirloom of the ninth generation......"

Even so, it's just a talented woman to have a sister, and it's stupid enough to dare to say such arrogant things

Wen Yi remembered that the hut was not far away, and she heard that there seemed to be some commotion over there, so she knew that it must have been the young master who found that there was no one in the house, so he hurriedly helped Du Yuanru and didn't say much, so he dragged her away directly. Du Yuanru was stunned, but quickly reacted, left the small courtyard with her support, returned to the Xiangxue Sea, and found a clean lake stone to sit down. Wen Yi pulled the cloak again, covering the dirty skirt for Du Yuanru, and then carefully returned to the vase door, looked over, and confirmed that the gang had not followed, before breathing a sigh of relief.

She returned to Du Yuanru's side and whispered: "They didn't follow, you take a breath, I'll help you find someone later, that is, let them find out, someone is there, and they don't dare to mess around." ”

Du Yuanru looked at her in a daze, suddenly his eyes turned red, he held her hand, and choked up: "Good sister, you saved my life"

Wen Yi smiled slightly: "It's just a gesture, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

The direction of the road seems to be a little noisy, Wen Yi doesn't know why, and is worried that this place is still a little remote, if he bumps into the young master of that week, there will be trouble, so he will help Du Yuanru again, and want to get farther away, suddenly a girl ring came out from the side of the vase door, looked left and right, saw them, and was surprised, and then stepped forward and bowed her head and said, "Why did Miss Du come here?" Call the slave easy to find."

When Du Yuanru saw her, he complained a little: "Why did you come here at this time?" ”

"The slave doesn't know anyone, and it took a long time to find the little barberry girl." The girl stepped forward to support Du Yuanru, "The little barberry girl is waiting at the other end of the road, the slave will help you over." He raised his head and smiled at Wen Yi again, "This young lady, I'm sorry for you, just leave it to the slave." ”

Wen Yi thought she was Du Yuanru's girl, so she let go of her hand, but Du Yuanru grabbed her, stared back at the girl, and shouted: "Aren't you the girl of the Gu family?" Why don't you recognize this young lady? ”

Wen Yi and the maid were both taken aback, and Wen Yi hurriedly asked, "This is not your maid ring?" Du Yuanru said coldly: "She just told me that she is a person from Gu Shilang's mansion, and she is the maid of Sister Gu Liu, whose name is Cui Yu."

Wen Yi turned to the girl, and a look of vigilance burst out in her eyes: "It is impossible for the girl who came with the Lang Mansion, I know it all, this person is by no means a person from the Gu family, and there is indeed a girl named Cuiyu in my aunt's house, and she did come with the car, but she definitely does not look like this" She stared at the girl ring and said sharply: "Who are you?" Dare to pretend to be the girl of our Gu family? ”

The girl's eyes flickered, and she took two steps back: "Slave maid...... The slave maid is indeed from the Squire's Mansion...... I rarely wait in front of the young ladies, so it's not uncommon for the young ladies to not recognize them......"

Wen Yi sneered: "Then let me ask you, which young lady of the Gu family am I?" If you were a family member, you wouldn't know it, right? ”

The girl was speechless, bowed her head and was silent.

Wen Yi thought about it, and became more and more frightened: "You just said that the Du family's maid ring is at the other end of the road?" You...... You shouldn't be in the same group as those people in the Zhou family, right? Did you tell them about Miss Du's whereabouts? Right now...... Do you want to bring Miss Du to them again? Who are you? ”

(Since it's a conspiracy...... Of course, it's not that simple...... Ask for pink ~~~)