When he returned from the Earl's Palace, there was a lot of debate in the various palaces about the battle on the table that day. Now that this matter has caused a storm in the city, it has naturally become an after-dinner gossip among the girls in Beijing.

Old Mrs. Shen knew that the cave was faint, and because of this matter, she also invited a few girls from the house to go to Ci'an Hall to listen to the teachings for a few days, and count them with full courtesy.

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It was rare to have a rainy day, and the summer in the courtyard was unabated, and the heat was unbearable. There are shallow depressions on the cobblestone road, and the sun is shining, and the lining is dazzling.

Shen Hookah's shoes and socks were dyed with tide, and when he walked to the porch of Ci'an Hall, Jade Yu was busy collecting the umbrella. The curtain on the side was lifted slightly, and as usual, the hookah went in with bated breath.

The girls sat quietly, and when they saw her coming, they all raised their eyes and bowed one after another.

The dark fragrance floats inside, which is the smell of gardenia balm that Shen Shui soaks his head.

The little girl waited for the tea, and the hookah took it and glanced quietly to the side. Feng Wanniang has been used to looking preoccupied these days, and her complexion is not good today.

Shen Shuisha saw it in his eyes and sneered in his heart.

Shen Shuixuan glanced at her, followed his gaze to Feng Wanniang, and the corners of his mouth twitched a sneer: "It's not autumn yet, and my cousin has been beaten by frost first." ”

After a long time, after listening to Shen Shuixuan's words without warning, the atmosphere instantly warmed up. Shen Shuixin was eating tea at that time, and he had no intention of making a joke, but he was still choked.

Feng Wanniang played a gong in her heart, her face turned crimson in an instant, and she replied pretending to be solemn: "It's been very stuffy these days, and my body is a little uncomfortable." ”

Shen Shuixuan raised his eyebrows lightly, his shallot-like fingers lifted his cuffs, and said slowly: "There is little ice in my grandmother's room, the weather is hot, and it will be enough in one day, and it will be unbearable to suffer for several days in a row. ”

As he spoke, the curtain was lifted, and it was the little girl who respectfully came in to buy ice.

Feng Wanniang glanced at it, and had some scruples in her heart, but she still didn't spit out the words that came to her mouth.

"Although some people are kissing, they are from outside, and their grandmothers are kind and generous, so they naturally can't say anything," Shen Shuiqian twisted his broken hair and pinned it behind his ears, and said indifferently: "People are valuable because they have self-knowledge, why bother with themselves, learn those things that you won't need in the future." ”

Hearing this, Shen Shuixin raised his eyelids slightly, his eyelashes trembled like cicada wings, and he moved a few steps from the other side of the kang to sit down, and his thin lips opened slightly: "Second sister, my sister remembers a Protestant rite of my grandmother yesterday, 'etiquette is for use, and harmony is precious', which is often mentioned in women's training, but I feel that I have benefited a lot." ”

Shen Shuixi's words were soft, and he was always silent for several days, and it was rare to say a few words to his sisters. Shen Shuixuan was not happy in her heart, seeing that she was opening her mouth now to reconcile, but she was embarrassed by herself.

Shen Shui's face was fierce, his eyelids blinked a few times, and his tone was still not good: "And if he hasn't learned anything, he will use it to pressure me, if he learns every day, won't there be no one in his eyes?" ”

Shen Shuixin was stunned, his face was red to the root of his ears, and he swallowed his forehead: "My sister doesn't dare." ”

Shen Shuixuan's face was full of disdain, he glanced at Shen Shuixuan, and saw that Shen Shuixuan's eyes were flat at this time, thinking that he had not spoken for a long time.

"The third sister has been back since that day, and she hasn't spoken for a few days, but it's not interesting to dislike us?" She didn't have anything to say.

Although Shen Shuisha had expected to be pulled out as a live target, he was still secretly unlucky in his heart at this time, and unconsciously the tea in his hand cooled down, holding his hand cold, and resting it on the table with a banquet.

"I've always been cold-bellied and short-sighted, I've never seen the battle in the Earl's Palace that day, I only have cowardice in my heart, I haven't been giving up for a few days, and I hope the second sister won't laugh at it." The hookah said angrily.

Shen Shuixuan chuckled, glanced at her, and continued with her words: "The third sister is like this, isn't it just that she can't get on the façade?" After a while, she took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and sneered: "It's just the one that makes trouble in the Earl's Palace, looking at Li Niangzi's vision is higher than the sky, and she will definitely look down on you." ”

Shen Shuisha sneered, noncommittal.

Her heart moved at this time, and Feng Wanniang, who was quietly in one place, saw that her face was pale, and she was desperately eating tea to cover up at the moment.

Shen Shuixuan said it proudly, looked outside, and saw that it was very early, so he opened the conversation with great interest: "When I came back from the Earl's Palace, my grandmother detained us every day and taught us carefully, thinking that it was not easy to do that day." ”

Feng Wanniang frowned, there was something hidden in her eyes, and she couldn't help coughing lightly. In my heart, I can't get rid of the events of that day.

"What are you coughing up? Could it be that the person who made the insinuation that day was you? Shen Shuixuan glanced at Feng Wanniang, and there was disdain in his eyes.

Feng Wanniang's heart trembled slightly, and she made a strange look.

"I only blame Mrs. Li for being too confident, but now that I think about it, there are really people who are not worthy of her third son." Shen Shuixuan pouted and joked.

Shen Hookah didn't show it on his face, slandering Mrs. Li's clumsy performance that day, and pulling a scapegoat at random to kill chickens and monkeys to show her attitude, even her second sister could see it.

"Sister, have you ever heard of the same breath?" Feng Wanniang held her breath in her eyes, and she didn't smile: "The Earl's Mansion is a high-ranking family, Li Niangzi's vision is quite high, and my sister is not worthy of it, but the second sister and I are under the same eaves, what kind of light does my sister have?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Shuixin pinched her sweat for her, and looked at Shen Shuixuan with a little look at the play. Sure enough, at this time, her face was already red and blue for a while.

Shen Shuixuan didn't feel good in his heart, knocked the tea cup in his hand heavily, and said loudly: "What kind of light do I want to stain?" However, an earl's mansion, he still has a marquis' mansion in the future, and the Guogong Mansion frequently looks at each other, and my aunt is in a high position, and I am the daughter of the government, and the eldest sister has been able to marry highly, so I still have to worry about the nobles' door-to-door affairs? ”

As soon as the voice fell, the girls who were sitting were all waiting for the word boudoir, these words were not ashamed of their mouths, but now they spit out without hindrance, Shen Shuixuan noticed that something was wrong, and seeing that the atmosphere was low, he pulled his hair in a sneer.

In the hot summer, the ice cubes in the ice are gradually bottoming out, and half of them have melted.

Feng Wanniang's palms were sweaty, and the handkerchief was dyed with moisture. Now she saw Shen Shuixuan's speechlessness, the corners of her mouth smeared with a smile, and she suddenly felt empty in her heart.

After a while, the rain outside gradually stopped, and a curtain of raindrops hung under the eaves, ticking and falling. Chu's mother came with steps, and Yan Yan entered from outside.

Shen Shuisha's eyebrows gradually calmed down, and he followed a few girls into the main hall to listen to the teaching.

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The sun and the moon are like jumping pills, and for a few days in a row, Feng Wanniang's side did not have an accident. The girls listened to the teachings quietly, kept to themselves, and had a bit of a quiet and good intention.

These days, I have also seen a few girls who are always guarding a lot, and the day before yesterday, Mrs. Shen gave up teaching the girls.

Earlier, my uncle's family brought a letter, only saying that Sister-in-law Wen's family had moved to a new courtyard. It didn't take long for another mother-in-law to pass on a post in the house today, and only invited the second girl and the third girl to sit in the new courtyard.

After saving this morning, the porter Yu Niangzi came to call and led a few girls to the door.

There was already a carriage waiting outside, and the horse flicked its tail, and when it saw someone coming, it neighed lowly.

The little girl waited aside, and the girl from each house went up to help the girls lift the curtain and enter the carriage.

The hookah pressed his eyebrows, and saw that it was spacious, with a soft cushion in the seat, a woven leopard stripe lichen on the bottom, and an incense burner on the top of several sons, and a burst of dark incense.

She sat down quietly, took a sip of the teacup, and felt a lot more comfortable when the warmth flowed into her throat.

The main street is as lively as ever, the sound of selling is loud, Qirong Lane is not far away, only half a cup of tea, when you turn into the lane, you feel that the carriage is slowing down.

There was nothing to say all the way in the carriage, Shen Shuisha saw the carriage stop, glanced at Shen Shuixuan, saw her eyes flashing, stopped the fan in her hand, and lifted the corner of the curtain with a little interest.

"But when I arrived, it was very hot in the car." She smiled smartly.

When I heard the sound outside, I saw that the curtain of the car was half lifted, and the hookah was helped up, and I poked my head out slightly, only to see that there was already a pestle waiting for me.

She followed behind Shen Shuixuan, and was helped down by the jade, her toes landed on the ground, and the sun shone down, only to feel a slight halo in front of her.

When the haze in front of him dissipated, the hookah raised his eyes slightly to climb the big words on the door. The belly slander is not abandoned, this is the first to go to the uncle's house across the lane from Shenyuan'er to say goodbye.

A few people stepped on the stone steps to go up, and a mother-in-law came to greet them with a smile under the door.

The woman saluted slightly, but she didn't lead a few people in, only glanced back at the house, and said apologetically, slightly blessed: "It's unfortunate that the girls came today, the lord has not returned, and the eldest lady will go to the temple to repay her vows, and specially ordered the slaves to wait under the door, and only asked the girls to go to the grandmother first." ”

Hearing this, the two girls glanced at each other, but they were not embarrassed, and respectfully exchanged a few words with the woman, and only returned to the carriage.

When I went to Shenyuan, the sun was a little thicker.

The girls were welcomed down again, and only to see that there were mothers-in-law and girls waiting for them, and they were respectfully welcomed in.

Shen Shuisha didn't dare to relax, and followed behind her mother-in-law slightly, unlike her second sister, who was fresh in everything, she only lowered her eyebrows and listened to the politeness of the mother-in-law who was the leader.

This Shenyuan is not big, but it is spacious and comfortable, copy the verandah around a piece of birds and flowers, after the moon cave door, is a flowing stream, there are a few lotus flowers floating on the water surface, the air is pleasant.

Several people were greeted and stepped on the cobblestone road, all the way to the nine-curved corridor, and finally arrived at an eaves.

The hookah's heart moved slightly, and he saw the white-soled embroidered shoes in front of him stop, and he heard that the woman Yan Yan opened her mouth, and called the girl under the door to welcome a few people to sit and wait on the left side.

As soon as the voice fell, a little girl lifted the curtain with a happy face to lead the two in.

It was a lot cooler inside, and the little girl was attentive, carefully removing the cloaks from the girls on their bodies, and welcoming them with low eyebrows, and sat down on the folding screen.

The hookah's eyes lit up, and I saw that the furnishings were simple, but everything was complete. There is a bronze kiln three-legged incense burner in the middle, and a few pots of jasmine are carefully raised on the flowers, and the buds are ready to put light incense.

After being silent for a moment, thinking that the etiquette of Shenyuan was extremely heavy, the little girl did not dare to slack off, and held the soup bottle and saucer in her hand and lifted the curtain to enter.