Volume 2 Northern Xinjiang Journey Chapter 61 Behind the Scenes (I)
Mrs. Feng's maid led Li Yuejiao and Yun Tuan to the pavilion next to the pool in the back garden.
The pavilion is not big, the first floor is empty, half of it is on the pool, generally on the ground, there are strange stones and ancient trees around, and vines are wrapped around each other, and it is necessary to get close to see that the pavilion is built with high ceilings.
The quaint staircase goes up the building, the door opens on the side of the pond, the windows on all sides are in the style of the full moon with ice patterns, and the word "reflecting the moon" is on the plaque in front of the door.
Walk in, there is only one room inside, but there is a screen in the middle of the separation, one side is the bed and the dressing table, the other side is like a small hall furnishings, the front is two official hat chairs, there are a few small separations in the middle, there are three circle chairs on both sides of the hand, there are also a few cases in the middle, there are paintings on the wall, hanging the couplet of "the breeze keeps people, the bright moon guards the heart", there are fresh chrysanthemums inserted in the bottle, a row of Bogu shelves against the wall, and it is also exquisite furnishings.
Li Yuejiao glanced around, nodded and praised: "The county guard and his wife are really elegant people. ”
The maid smiled and agreed to Li Yuejiao, and asked people to prepare refreshments.
Li Yuejiao asked her: "You are very good, what is your name?" ”
"The slave is called Ying Chun." The maid said, "Thank you, Madame, for the compliment." ”
Li Yuejiao bowed her head, suddenly leaned her upper body slightly, approached Ying Chun and asked in a low voice: "Let me ask you, the last time I offended your young master and young lady on the street, they came back, did they really not complain?" ”
Where did Ying Chun think that she would ask her so bluntly, she was already panicked because of the appearance of Fang Cai Qi Yun, and for a moment of carelessness, she blurted out: "How come?" On that day, the second young master also advised the fourth young lady not to be too careful. ”
After that, she felt that she had said too much, and hurriedly lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Yuejiao looked at her expression and pursed her lips and smiled: "That's good, sure enough, the fourth young master of your family is a person who knows the number of etiquette." ”
After that, she glanced at Yun Tuan, who hurriedly took out two gold leaves and gave them to Ying Chun, and said with a smile: "Girl, go ahead, just come and tell you when the banquet starts." ”
Ying Chun was about to excuse herself, but the partial cloud group didn't give her a chance to speak, so she had to accept the gold leaf, squatted down and saluted: "Yes, Madame rests first, and the slave retreats first." ”
After that, she withdrew from the pavilion, looked around anxiously, and then lifted her skirt and went downstairs, calling the mother-in-law who was in charge of the courtyard and said: "Now that the wife of General Zhenbei is resting inside, you are also looking at the door, if the old master and young master come to this side, you remind me." ”
Those mothers-in-law were full of promises, and Ying Chun suppressed the beating heart, returned to the front hall, and went back to Mrs. Feng.
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Li Yuejiao saw Ying Chun leave from the upstairs window, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hugged her neck with both hands, and asked Yun Tuan to shake off the golden phoenix and golden steps on her head first, and said with a smile:
"This morning, my face didn't stiffen, my neck stiffened first."
Yun Tuan still walked around the pavilion uneasily, Li Yuejiao looked back at her and asked with a smile, "What are you looking for?" ”
The clouds knocked on the windows of the four walls, and gently stepped on the floor:
"I'm afraid that there is some secret channel here, and our words will be heard, or let people plot against it."
Li Yuejiao laughed out loud: "Don't be afraid, they invited me to come, if something really happens to me here, then the Qi family will not be good." Besides, if you are like this, is there really the one who eavesdroppers, and has not already looked at it? ”
One is that it is impossible for her to say heartfelt words in the county guard's mansion, and the other is that although the county lord of filial piety has told her many things about the court or the back house fighting, he has also taught her that smart people will not choose their own territory if they want to do harmful things.
Obviously, the county guard couple and the fourth young master Qi are both smart people.
Moreover, if someone really peeps and eavesdrops here, Mrs. Feng's personal maid should always know, and Ying Chun should be more distracted and vigilant when dealing with her, instead of panicking because of her outspokenness.
But looking at it this way, Ying Chun seems to be very afraid of Qi Yun? But she is Mrs. Feng's personal maid, and in the big family, the maid next to her mother has face in front of her children, and her children must also be polite.
Therefore, Ying Chun's attitude is so strange.
She rubbed her neck while thinking about it, and the relieved cloud came over to help her rub it, and said, "Miss can't dress like this in the future?" ”
"You didn't see the way they looked at me, I'm dressed like this, but I'm very successful." Li Yuejiao smiled Yan Yan, "By the way, do you remember the Miss Wang and Miss Tan we saw in the Karakutsu Pavilion before?" It even came. ”
"Did Young Master Qi ask just now that Miss Wang? Why did they all come to Anhua County? The clouds were puzzled.
"It's because of those people's affairs in Tuntian," Li Yuejiao said, "I'm afraid that there will be a lot of dealings with their fathers in the future." ”
Yun Tuan shook his head, and said distressedly: "Wait for another meal, and an afternoon of play, Miss don't dress up like this in the future." ”
"I know."
While the master and servant were talking, they suddenly heard the voices of two girls talking outside, although they were far and near, and because there was water here, they could hear clearly.
"Sister Qiaoyun, we haven't seen each other for three years, and you don't know how much I miss you." It was Miss Qi Er, Qi Zhiqing's voice,
"How so? The second sister misses me, I knew it at the time, I read the letter every time you came, and I received it well, this time I came to Anhua County, and I brought it with me. It was Miss Wang's gentle and gentle voice, saying like a child.
It turned out that Miss Wang's name was Wang Qiaoyun, Li Yuejiao thought to herself, and motioned for Yun Tuan to be silent.
Yun Tuan understood, so he only silently rubbed Li Yuejiao's neck and pinched her shoulders.
Qi Zhiqing was obviously very impressed by Wang Qiaoyun's words, and continued to coquettishly say: "I only treat my sister as a sister in Beijing, and when I meet a new sister and sister, I will ignore me." ”
Wang Qiaoyun smiled like a silver bell, and her tone became softer: "Silly words, I just know many people, and what I think about most is still you, a girl." ”
"What about your cousin?" Qi Zhiqing hurriedly said, her voice was coquettish, although she was joking, but Li Yuejiao thought about her attitude towards that Miss Tan just now, and it didn't feel like a joke again.
"That's my cousin, you're a sister, it's different, but it's all good, it's all my sister." Wang Qiaoyun said fairly.
Qi Zhiqing immediately relentlessly coquettish, and finally Wang Qiaoyun said that she had better give up.
At this time, the two had already walked under the pavilion, and they heard Qi Zhiqing complain:
"But it's also thanks to my sister that I'm here, I'm going to be angry to death these days."
"How? Someone dares to bully his sister? Wang Qiaoyun asked curiously.
"It's that Li Jiaoer, phew, relying on the identity of General Xue, dressed up like that, so vulgar that it makes people laugh." Qi Zhiqing scolded by name and surname.
Li Yuejiao, who was suddenly named in the pavilion, smiled instead of being angry, glanced at the cloud with an angry face, as if she was about to rush out to beat people, and made a silent gesture.
The Qi family is a smart person, but Miss Qi Er is really not among them.
It is an opportunity to listen to others behind you and arrange yourself, but you have to grasp it.