Chapter 19: A Moment of Greed
This is a very small courtyard, the early morning sun, scattered in the quiet courtyard, next to the moon gate, a green bamboo, swaying in the breeze.
A few peach blossoms are blooming at the edge of the small bamboo forest, and the early bees are buzzing, lightly landing on the stamens, diligently collecting nectar.
At the small stone table in the courtyard, a little maid in an emerald green dress and a bun was holding her chin and staring at the closed door not far away.
"Miss! The old lady has sent people to urge her several times, and if you don't go, the slave and maid will be punished again!" the little maid finally couldn't help but get up, and walked to the door of the room and muttered.
"It's coming, it's coming, it's your urgency. Come and see, what does Young Master Ben look like?" a childish boy opened the door and walked out slowly.
Dressed in a green shirt, his black hair was tied into a bun, only tied with a white hosta, and under his delicate eyebrows, a pair of bright and clear big eyes, as if he could speak, looking forward to life. Fair skin has a translucent glow when the sun shines. In his white and slender hands, he holds a folding fan - what a pretty gentleman with a jade tree in the wind!
The finch was stunned for a moment.
Brother Gongzi waited for a while and didn't see anyone reply, turned his head and saw the stupid appearance of the finch with his mouth wide open, and he was secretly proud in his heart, but he coughed lightly.
Que'er came back to her senses and said happily: "The slave maid went to get the jade pendant that the master brought back to you last time." After speaking, he didn't wait for Brother Gongzi to speak, and ran away by himself.
"You haven't said how yet, this finch is always so frizzy. Brother Gongzi screamed a few times but didn't stop, and couldn't help complaining.
Immediately, I didn't know what I thought, and I couldn't help but hook the corners of my mouth, and laughed, and my little daughter's posture was revealed.
This son-in-law, who dresses as a man, is the pearl of the palm of Tang Mingru, the general of the protector of the country, Tang Zixi, the eldest lady of the Tang family.
Soon, the finch took the jade pendant and came back. It was a ring-shaped jade pendant, the whole jade pendant looked natural, there was no trace of carving, it looked like a falling teardrop from a distance, its crystal clear, and it was particularly dazzling in the sun.
Que'er carefully hung it on Tang Zixi's waist, took a few steps back and looked at it intently, and said with a smile: "Miss, this pendant is really a good match for you, it feels like a part of yourself." But, hehe, if you show it to the third young master, you will have to go to Madame to complain again. โ
Tang Zixi shook the folding fan lightly when he heard this, snapped it back and closed it again, and said proudly to the finch: "That's natural! This son is the third young man of the Tang family, who is known as the killer of Suzhou girls! Otherwise, well, no food!"
"Yes, Third Young Master!" the finch responded with a smile.
Tang Zixi opened the folding fan and shook it a few times, nodded old-fashionedly and said, "Let's go, today is a big day for the second brother, it's a big bad thing to be late!"
After that, one hand shook the folding fan gently, the other hand was behind his back, and he kept striding forward under his feet, and the jade pendant on his waist swayed one by one, as if he was about to take off in the air in the next moment.
The finch chuckled and hurriedly followed her.
The master and servant hurried to the front hall.
"Miss, you're here. Madame has asked several times!" Steward You looked up and saw Tang Zixi's figure with a happy face, walked a few steps in her direction, and was about to step forward, when a group of maids came out with melons, fruits and pastries, and Steward You was instantly separated from the other side, so he had to anxiously gesture to her to hurry up to the front hall, while saying something loudly.
Tang Zixi nodded to indicate that he understood, and walked forward with the finch.
After passing through several corridors and courtyards, before reaching the front hall, I had already heard the laughter of Yingying Yanyan, Tang Zixi 'groaned' in his heart, and secretly said badly, everyone has arrived!
She quickly closed the folding fan and slowed down her pace, for fear that she would be found late. The finch hunched over like a young lady and cautiously followed behind.
Suddenly, she was grabbed by the collar of her dress from behind. Tang Zixi instantly lifted his feet off the ground, screaming in panic while kicking his feet around: "Help!
"Poofโ"
Just then, a chuckle rang out.
Hearing this familiar laughter, Tang Zixi's heart suddenly burst out, and he instantly quieted down, closed his lips tightly, his body tensed, and he stopped moving straight.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the finch standing there in a strange posture, only the eyeballs were spinning, obviously pointed.
Then, from behind the rockery, a young girl came out, which made people's eyes shine.
Ying Ying is eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a crimson dress, graceful figure, bright eyes and teeth, thin powder on her face, a jasper hairpin is inserted obliquely on her head, and the beads on the hairpin sway gently with her steps, making the whole person light and graceful.
Tang Zixi looked at the visitor, glanced at the jade hairpin on her head again, lowered her eyelids, and shouted in a low voice: "Hello Cousin An Xin!" After that, she turned her head with difficulty, raised her voice and exhaled, "Brother Jing, if you don't let me down again, I'll be angry!"
"I'll just say, the boy used to be so smart. I must have guessed that it was you!" Chu Anxin covered his lips slightly, his eyes rolled, and he smiled at the person behind Tang Zixi.
While speaking, Tang Zixi was gently put down.
As soon as Fang landed, she turned around and glared at Su Jing angrily: "Brother Jing, please don't bring me up every time we meet!" The word "invitation" bit very hard, expressing her strong protest.
Su Jing, in his early twenties, wears a green shirt, has a slender and thin figure, and is even slightly thin. The appearance is very delicate, but the indifference between the eyebrows is abnormal, and only when the eyes fall on Tang Zixi, there is a rare warmth.
Su Jing looked at her angry appearance, but his smile was even stronger, and he just nodded politely at Chu Anxin's teasing.
Chu Anxin's face was slightly gloomy when he saw this, his eyes rolled, he didn't know what he thought, and soon he smiled again.
Tang Zixi angrily gave him a big roll of the eyes, she really can't take this Brother Jing, she can't beat it, she can't run away, every time she 'meets friends with martial arts', it ends with Miss Tang finally being mentioned, thinking of this, she had to beg softly: "Brother Jing, I'm eleven years old, don't you bring me up every time!"
Su Jing didn't answer, just looked at her with a smile, that gaze almost melted his heart, Chu Anxin saw this look, and a touch of jealousy and hatred flashed in his eyes.
Miss Tang, who was nervous, couldn't understand such a look, she only thought that it was a provocation from the other party, glared back angrily, and swore to the sky through gritted teeth in her heart that she would practice martial arts diligently in the future and never be lazy again.
The appearance of being grabbed by the collar and lifted up is really ugly, and it is very detrimental to Miss Ben's gentle and virtuous temperament!