Chapter 9: Embarrassment
Yao Yun hurriedly returned to the Hidden Moon Pavilion, thinking that it would be better to go to the Boundless Bookstore in person. But this time, she went out directly in a women's dress.
She wandered leisurely along East Street, sometimes looking at the dazzling rouge gouache, sometimes looking at the strange street juggling, very leisurely.
Coming to a densely populated Huren acrobatic site, she deliberately got into the surging crowd of shouts, and disappeared in an instant.
The two guards with profound martial arts froze in place, never thinking that they would be fooled by a little lady.
Boundless Bookstore.
"Shopkeeper, I don't know what paintings are more valuable recently, I have itchy hands, and I want to find some work to practice. Although it is not as good as my third uncle's technique, it is more than enough. Yao Yun, dressed in sloppy men's clothes, drank tea leisurely and asked calmly.
The shopkeeper immediately understood, he posted it forward, cautiously glanced out of the door a few more times, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Langjun, you don't know, the saint's birthday is approaching, the saint has always loved ink strokes, and recently people in the court have been asking for paintings, and they all want to win the favor of the saint!" ”
She squinted, turned her face to the front and whispered: "Shopkeeper, I don't know how Gu Kaizhi's "Lushan Map" is?" ”
Of course, the shopkeeper was overjoyed, and said with great approval: "It must be excellent, this authentic painting of Mr. Changkang has been lost, if Xiao Langjun can depict it vividly, even if it is not Mr. Pillow Stone's painting, it should be able to sell for a good price." ”
Several authentic paintings of Gu Kaizhi in the previous dynasty have been lost for many years and are missing. That's because it's all hidden in her small mountain village in Liangzhou. Every year on her birthday, her husband would personally give her a famous painting as her birthday gift.
After returning to the Zhenguo Mansion, Yao Yun began to concentrate on painting. She never forgot it, repeatedly tasted this painting, not to mention that "Lushan Tu" was given to her by her husband and gifts, she naturally cherished it very much, and every stroke of the painting is still fresh in her memory.
In Chang'an City, the autumn wind is bleak, and the moon is bright in the sky.
A secluded and desolate private house.
The people in the room sat calmly, holding the teacup in their left hand, and tapping the stone table with their right hand in silence, as if they were pondering. The man was wearing a smoke-gray plain wide-sleeved robe, his face was clear and handsome, and his eyes were as warm as jade, which naturally added a bit of fairy wind and transcendent fairy atmosphere.
After a long time, he finally said quietly: "Li Chun, find out why she needs money urgently recently." Then find someone who knows how to buy her paintings, and if something goes wrong, report it quickly. ”
The subordinate in front got the order, and with a slight leap, there was no trace.
The people in the house sighed helplessly, the little lady he had raised and taught with his own hands, and her wings were getting fuller, and it seemed that she was about to escape from the palm of his hand.
On this day, Yun Yuan handed over an invitation, and it was Aunt Fang who personally invited her to drink tea.
Seeing her future mother-in-law for the first time, Yao Yun changed into a light-colored new dress to show respect, and led Lu Shao to go with her.
When I was about to arrive at the Yun Courtyard, two reckless little maids suddenly ran out of nowhere, one of the maids did not hold the sewage bucket in her hand, her feet staggered, and the bucket full of dirty sewage seemed to have eyes, shrewdly and ruthlessly poured down towards Yao Yun and the two, Yao Yun's skirt was covered with mud and yellow water and miserable dead leaves, and she was very embarrassed.
Yao Yun looked at the two little maids who were kneeling on the ground in a panic and begging for mercy, and sneered in her heart, it turned out that this good show was waiting for her!
The two little maidservants are only eleven or twelve years old, and now she has not officially passed the door, if she really uses her identity to severely punish the two, I am afraid that she will have a mean and shady reputation in the house.
She put on a bright and gentle smile again, and comforted me in a wide voice: "I'm fine, you two get up quickly and clean up, it's cold in winter, if you don't get too infected with the wind cold, it will be bad." ”
The two little maidservants listened, their eyes flashed, and they ran away in fear.
Lu Shao looked at the stains on half of her body, and said in a panic: "Big lady, how can this be good?" ”
Yao Yun smiled and whispered a few words behind her ear.
After a while, Yao Yun straightened her waist and swaggered into the Yunyun Courtyard, where Aunt Fang had been waiting for her for a long time, with a monkey cheek face that was watching a good show.
The people in the courtyard saw that most of her dress was covered with filth, and they couldn't help but hide their faces and chuckle, showing disdain.
"Hey, I thought that Mrs. Yao didn't want to give my aunt a face? How long has it been, why are you here now? Her lips opened slightly, but her soft voice was particularly sour and harsh.
Yao Yun bowed her head respectfully and apologized: "Aunt Fang is fine, Fang just had an accident on the road, and the little girl didn't want to delay time, so she had to come to say hello before." It is a great blessing for a little girl to be able to get acquainted with her aunt, and the little girl naturally admires her aunt very much. ”
Aunt Fang pursed her lips and said unhappily: "Hmph, Mrs. Yao, you really know people and don't know your heart, you said that you were late, and you came to see me in a stained dress, you didn't take me as an aunt at all, right?" Alas, I'm going to tell my uncle tonight......"
Yao Yun caught a glimpse that Green Peony had come to her side, she interrupted the angry chatter of the person in front of her, and said softly: "Auntie, the little girl voluntarily took off the hairpin and asked for sin, and also asked the aunt to dissipate her anger." ”
She raised her hands and without hesitation took off the two plain hairpins from her bun, then took off her shoes and socks, and fell to the ground on her knees, silently pleading. Green Peony personally put a black cloak on her back.
The few subordinates who watched the excitement around were all taken aback, swallowed a smile and hung their heads. This Yao lady has a humble attitude, respectful and sincere. And as a woman, taking off her shoes and socks in front of the people in the yard is already a very insulting punishment. It's hard to find anything wrong.
Yao Yun was calm and calm, as if he was doing the most ordinary thing. When my aunt first adopted her, the family was so poor that they couldn't open the pot, so they could only take her around to beg for a living, and the hardships she had endured were much harder. The open and secret battles between the ladies in these high-ranking families are just small skills of carving insects, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
Fang Yirou was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She just wanted her to make a fool of herself, ruin her reputation for generosity and meekness, and cried in front of Xiao Chengzhong about her great sin of disrespecting her elders.
I didn't expect this Yao Niangzi to be able to let go of her body and face so much, if she still let her kneel unrelentingly, it would become her overbearing and unreasonable mistake. In the future, the old lady or Shen Chaoyun can make a big fuss about this matter, and the gains outweigh the losses!
She coughed a few times in embarrassment, and said indifferently: "For the sake of Mrs. Yao's ability to correct her mistakes and sincerity, I will not pursue my aunt this time." Go back quickly, if you are infected with the wind and cold, I can't afford to wait for my aunt. ”