One

Qingluan half-closed his eyes and muttered, "Nanlang! Stretching out his lotus root-like jade arm, he touched the pillow.

All she could do was the empty pillow.

"Nanlang!" She opened her eyes suddenly.

On the silky satin quilt surface, a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water are lifelike as if no one is around.

Nagumo is no longer on the couch.

I don't know when to get up, I don't know when to leave. She didn't even hear a single movement.

She sat up in amazement and put on a garment.

"Little Ring!" She shouted.

Xiaohuan came in response: "Miss, are you awake?" ”

Qingluan looked tired: "When is it?" ”

Xiaohuan raised the curtain and said with a smile: "The sun is out." ”

Qingluan was taken aback: "You girl, why didn't you call me earlier?" I also want to say hello to the old lady, it's not good to miss the hour. "As he spoke, he dressed.

Xiaohuan smiled: "It's the master who is not allowed to alarm you and let you sleep more." You see, how considerate the lord is. ”

Qingluan smiled: "When did he leave?" I don't know. ”

Xiaohuan said while waiting for freshening: "Before dawn, the master left, saying that he was in a hurry to do something." ”

Qingluan smiled. This is the man who has a good future. It's like Zhao Tong, who relies on women all day long.

I picked out a plain cigarette shirt that was not too public, wore it on my body, and took a photo in the mirror, dignified and elegant.

Qingluan smiled with satisfaction.

After the grooming was finished, the master and servant went out.

Every time she walked through the garden gate, Qingluan always felt uncomfortable.

"Persuasion of Zhenyuan" is like a boulder, pressing on the top of her head, making it impossible for her to look up.

Someday, I'll take it off with my own hands! She thought with hatred in her heart.

"Miss," Xiaohuan pointed to the distance and whispered, "That's not Yuan'er?" ”

Qingluan looked along her fingers, and sure enough, she saw Yuan'er standing under a willow tree, pulling a branch in her hand, as if she was picking something.

Early in the morning, what does she do?

Qingluan slowly approached.

"Sister Yuan'er, what are you doing?" Xiaohuan exclaimed curiously.

Yuan'er was concentrating, heard the call, and turned around.

Seeing Qingluan's master and servant, he was slightly embarrassed.

"Say hello to the second lady." Yuan'er bowed slightly towards Qingluan.

Qingluan smiled and returned the salute: "My own sisters, you don't have to see the courtesy." ”

Yuan'er saw her treating her politely, and her heart was hot: "Second lady, kill the slave maid." ”

Qingluan looked Yuan'er up and down.

I only remember that she was the girl next to the eldest sister, and I vaguely saw it a few times, at that time, it was just a girl who looked like a good girl, who would have thought that she hadn't seen her for a few years, and she was so outstanding, no wonder she would be accepted by Nanyun. It's also Shen Qingluo who is stupid, and putting such an excellent girl by her side doesn't lead the wolf into the room?

"Sister Yuan'er," Qingluan looked at the bamboo basket under her feet and said softly, "What are you doing?" ”

Yuan'er spread her palms a little stiffly.

In the palm of her hand, she pinched a few tender green willow buds, dyeing her white palms green.

"What are you picking these willow leaves for?" Xiaohuan was surprised.

Yuan'er said in a low voice: "These young shoots, add some honey, fry them dry, and they can be made into tea." ”

Qingluan smiled: "Dignified Nanfu, can't afford to drink tea?" It's cold in spring, and you want a girl to pick willow leaves by yourself? ”

Yuan'er was silent.

Qingluan sneered: "Did your eldest lady ask you to do it?" She really loves you! ”

Yuan'er rubbed her cold fingers, not knowing how to answer.

"Xiaohuan, you are here to help Yuan'er pick tea, otherwise, she will be alone, when will she pick it!" Qingluan commanded.

Yuan'er was a little flustered: "Oh, no need, I can do it myself, don't bother Xiaohuan." ”

Qingluan smiled and said: "It's all the same woman, let's not help each other, how will we live in the future?" Maybe, one day, I will beg my sister's head, will my sister sit idly by? ”

Yuan'er looked into her eyes, unable to distinguish her intentions for a while: "Second lady! ”

Qingluan slowly passed by her side and said softly: "Good sister, call me sister in the future." ”

"Sister?" Yuan'er muttered, watching Qingluan gradually walk away.

Xiaohuan sighed: "Look, how good our young lady is to you!" ”

Yuan'er looked at the leaves in her hand stupidly, speechless for a while.

She should have hated herself for her wedding night, shouldn't she?

Two

"The daughter-in-law greets her mother-in-law." Qingluan bent down and knelt down.

The old lady said lightly: "Get up." We are a small family, there are not so many rules, and in the future, we don't have to ask for peace every day. Excuse me. ”

"Asking for peace is the filial piety that a daughter-in-law should fulfill, how can it be avoided?" Qingluan smiled and said as he stood up.

The old lady didn't raise her eyebrows: "You are not my daughter-in-law." If you don't worship the ancestors of the Nan family, you can't be considered the daughter-in-law of the Nan family. ”

Qingluan's heart was sour. Only the main room is eligible to worship ancestors and enter ancestral graves. A concubine, not only is she not worthy of the title of "daughter-in-law" when she is alive, but after she dies, she is not even qualified to enter the ancestral tomb and enter the temple.

"Also, don't call me 'mother-in-law' in the future, I can't stand it." The old lady said expressionlessly: "Last time, your sister was by your side, I will give you some face." In the future, call me 'old lady', remember? ”

Qingluan held back her tears and bowed her head in agreement: "Yes." ”

"I heard that you are not satisfied with the name 'Persuasion Garden', right? This name, obtained well, is exactly what I want. The old lady's words showed a bit of contempt: "I don't have a plane tree in my house, and I can't attract a golden phoenix." ”

Qingluan has no place to be ashamed, only Nuonuo.

"Although the Nan family was born poor, it is an innocent family style, within three generations, there is no daughter who marries twice, and there is no woman who remarries. In the past, the old body no longer cares, and in the future, if there is half a breeze of wind and grass, the old body will be the first to spare you! The old lady gradually became a little more violent.

Qingluan's face was flushed, and the corners of her mouth trembled, almost intolerable.

"Stand down." The old lady is crisp and neat, and she doesn't drag the mud and water.

Qingluan silently withdrew from the house.

It's a shame. I knew it was like this, early in the morning, please what is safe!

"Xiao Rong," a familiar voice came from afar.

Qingluan was taken aback. It's Nagumo's voice.

"Xiaorong, don't hold your young lady yet! Watch out for the threshold! Nagumo's voice was clear and real, from far to near.

Qingluan instinctively hid behind a flower tree.

Shen Qingluo must also be there. She didn't want Shen Qingluo to see her tears.

Shen Qingluo walked into the garden gate with a smile on her face. One left and one right, respectively Nanyun and Xiaorong.

Nanyun carefully supported Shen Qingluo, like that, like caring for a fragile treasure.

"For so long, and you didn't tell me, you're really bad." He looked at her with doting and pity, like a child.

"Pick me up early in the morning for this? My dad wasn't well, and I wanted to stay two more days. Shen Qingluo smiled.

"Two more days, and you won't want to die?" Nagumo laughed.

"Ah, what a meat!" Xiao Rong smiled.

A group of three people, talking and laughing, walked into the house.

The old lady smiled: "The daughter-in-law is back?" ”

"Mother, I'll pick it up myself." Nagumo said loudly.

The door was closed, leaving a lonely man out.

Qingluan's face was full of tears, and he walked out from behind the flower tree.

It turned out that early in the morning, he was in a hurry to leave from his side and rushed to do something important, which was to pick up Shen Qingluo, who had returned to Ning.

In his heart, that was the first urgent thing in his heart.

It turns out that his so-called love is so ignorant and humble.

The haggard in my heart, in an instant, no one realized.

The cherry blossoms fall one by one, and the sound of the flowers falling is long and silent.

The mood of falling flowers is unconsciously low to the dust.

Three

Xiaohuan sat quietly on the corridor, her head down, as if she was napping, and she didn't notice the approaching Qingluan.

Qingluan looked a little listless, and said lazily: "I'm a little hungry." Tell Qingxiang to go to the kitchen and get some snacks. ”

Xiaohuan stood up in a bit of a panic and quickly wiped her tears.

Qingluan looked at her suspiciously: "Are you crying?" ”

Xiaohuan smiled reluctantly: "Where are you crying, it's a blur." ”

Qingluan said lightly: "Who are you messing with?" This time is different from the past, even if you suffer some grievances, you must learn to be patient, don't blindly compete and be competitive, so that you have a small temperament. ”

Xiaohuan stopped talking and nodded silently.

"Yuan'er, what did she tell you?" Qingluan hesitated and asked.

She thanked Miss vigorously, saying that Miss looked serious, and she couldn't imagine being so approachable and sympathetic. Small loops.

Qingluan smiled slightly: "Later, go to my room and get a box of Silla rouge and send it to her." ”

"Silla Rouge?" Xiaohuan fussed: "How can you give her such a good thing?" ”

Qingluan looked into the distance with an indifferent expression, and did not answer Xiaohuan's question.

Although Yuan'er has a low status, she is always the one who is next to Nanyun's pillow. Although I don't know for what reason, it seems that Shen Qingluo is obviously hostile to Yuan'er, even more than to herself.

That's fine. Yuan'er is in this situation, and it is naturally very easy to win over. One more alliance is better than one more opponent.

"Do as I say, do it." Qingluan looked at Xiaohuan meaningfully: "Cast a peach in return, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"The slave and maid understand." Xiaohuan nodded understandingly, but did not move his steps, as if he had something to say, but he didn't know how to speak.

"What, what's the matter?" Qingluan raised his feet and entered the house without looking back.

"Oh, it's nothing." The small ring is slurred.

"I'm tired." Qingluan instructed: "Why don't you ask Qingxiang to send snacks?" ”

"Second lady!" A maidservant girl came in from outside and said respectfully, "Second lady, madam, please come over." ”

Qingluan frowned slightly.

It was a girl named Qiulan in Shen Qingluo's house.

Xiaohuan glanced at Qiulan quickly, and stopped talking.

Qingluan said gently: "Do you know what's going on?" ”

Qiulan lowered her eyebrows and said, "Second Mrs. Hui, the slave doesn't know what to do." ”

"Oh, here we go." Qingluan smiled.

Qiulan Wanblessed, farewell and left.

Qingluan frowned and said, "Xiaohuan, you are so strange today. ”

Xiaohuan finally couldn't help but say, "Miss, something happened at home!" ”

Qingluan was shocked: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiaohuan looked around, as if he was afraid of being heard.

Qingluan said anxiously: "Say it quickly! ”

Xiaohuan said: "When the slave came back from picking willow leaves, and when she was washing her hands by the pond, she heard Qiulan talking to a girl. ”

"Say what?"

"Yes, yes, that my aunt and grandmother were locked up. And a lot of nasty things were said. Xiaohuan said in a low voice.

"Locked up?" Qingluan wondered, "Why?" How did Qiulan find out? ”

Xiaohuan said: "I probably heard what Xiaorong said." ”

Qingluan was furious: "So you cried because of this just now? Something that doesn't have a chance, how can you not tear her mouth apart! Just go to her for a theory! Look at how dare she talk nonsense! ”

Qingluan was furious, took Xiaohuan's hand, took three steps and made two steps, and went to the "lily garden".