The two of them lived in a room that was not crowded, and the furnishings were better than expected, Green Ring looked around, nodded, and said, "It's so good here, it's brighter than the house we lived in in the compound before." The doors of the two houses were open, and the warm afternoon sun shone in from outside, leaving a shadow of light on the bluestone floor.

The bed was at the back of the room, next to a row of large windows. Outside the window, a dense field of roses was planted, all of which were tied with strong bones.

After packing up her things, Zi Ning sat down by the window, looked through the open window lattice, couldn't help but feel happy, and couldn't help but say: "There are these beautiful roses, which will bloom wantonly as soon as May arrives, and they must be the flowers of a whole tree." Green Ring, the beautiful scenery here is so good, and being a woman is not terrible. No matter how old Master Su is, let's just live our own happy life. ”

Green Ring took out the clothes in the bag one by one, folded them neatly and put them in the suitcase. Zi Ning beckoned Lu Huan to sit down together, the two of them snuggled on the edge of the bed, their eyes looked out of the window, and they saw a group of little maids carrying water by the well, and there were also mothers-in-law washing clothes and drying, and the cooks who drove chickens, washed vegetables and killed fish, everyone talked and laughed, a busy and lively scene.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Lu Huan showed relief on his face, and said: "I thought that our east back room was like a cold palace, but it turned out that there were so many good scenes. There are a lot of people, and it's still lively, so we actually picked up a good place. ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and a girl in a palace dress was drying clothes in the courtyard. Zi Ning recognized her as Yao Er, who came from the palace and lived with another concubine. Yao Er glanced inside the room and saw the two of them packing up on the couch, so she turned her head again.

Luhuan pouted at Zi Ningnu and whispered, "She overheard us, I'll go close the door." When he was about to get up, he was pulled by Zi Ning and said, "We are doing right, and we are not afraid of what others will overhear." If you go and close the door, it will seem that we are stingy. When Luhuan heard this, he also felt that it made sense, so he glanced at Yao'er, who was drying clothes outside the house, and ignored her anymore.

Zi Ning looked at the bronze mirror and pulled her hair again, showing her more beautiful and clear appearance, her eyes were dark and smart, and she was smiling, revealing her fine white teeth. Luhuan stared at her, tilted his head to look at her, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to live here at ease, but I can't get together with Sister Xianggui and Sister Manzhu from time to time." And Ning'er, you, such a talent, are abandoned in this back garden, and no one sees and appreciates it, what a pity. Frowning tightly, he saw that Zi Ning's appearance and craftsmanship were good, but he spent his whole life here in vain. Thinking of herself, she also suffered the same as Zi Ning, and couldn't help but feel sad secretly.

Zi Ning's eyes flashed, she raised her hand to play with a string of bronze carved wind chimes, and there was a crisp sound of "jingle bells", she smiled faintly: "It is a blessing to know how to hide clumsiness, if it is a mountain dew, even if it is favored, it will become a thorn in everyone's eyes, and in this yard in the future, the days will still be long." The one who has the last laugh is the real winner. ”

Lu Huan looked puzzled, and asked quite puzzled: "Ning'er, do you also want to compete for favor, your heart ...... Don't miss him?"

Zi Ning rolled her eyes and smiled, took the hand of the green ring, and said: "It is inferior to be favored by beauty, and I rely on my cooking skills to gain the appreciation of Master Su, so that it is possible to enter the palace." I don't want to see him in my life. ”

Outside the open door, the light and shadow on the bluestone ground shook, and suddenly a voice said coldly: "A good one knows how to hide, and what did he say that the sea was once difficult to turn into water, Aunt Li probably didn't know that there was a talented woman buried in this ** courtyard!"

Zi Ning and Lu Huan looked at each other in astonishment, hurriedly got up and got out of the house, walked to the door to take a look, and saw Yao Er, who was wearing a goose yellow palace e's skirt, standing in the courtyard, looking at them coldly.

Green Ring was a little angry, glanced at her, and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you eavesdropping when we talk?"

Yao Er raised her hand and put her clothes on the bamboo pole, turned her head to look at them, and snorted: "If there is nothing unseemly, why are you afraid of people eavesdropping? Anyone can come to this courtyard, if you are timid, you should close the doors and windows and whisper to private words!"

Luhuan was so angry that she pouted, and she was about to refute, but she was stopped by Zi Ning, she turned her head to look at Yao Er, and saw that she was white and delicate, her shoulders shrugged slightly, and she looked weak, but her face was shrouded in a layer of slightly angry resentment.

Zi Ning took a step forward and said, "What we say is not afraid of being listened to. Originally, we lived in a courtyard, and we were close neighbors, so everyone would be lively together in the future. If you don't like it, you don't see us, and you don't have to laugh at us. ”

Yao Er's face was red, she was still holding a piece of clothing in her arms, she lowered her head and lowered her eyes, looked at it for a long time, shook her clothes vigorously, and said: "Who has the leisure time to ridicule you? Aunt Li just instructed you to come here to be a maid, and call each other girls, if anyone calls her sister or sister again, she will be punished heavily, I just remind you." ”

Zi Ning glanced at the green ring, turned her eyes and smiled: "It turned out that I was talking about this, in the future, we should be careful, we have to say that Miss Xianggui and Miss Manzhu are right, thank you for the reminder." ”

Yao Er put her clothes on the bamboo pole, suddenly felt that something was wrong and took them off again, staring at the clothes, but not looking at Zi Ning and them, and said to herself: "The title of this good sister and good sister is something that we like inferior women can't afford, only the original wife and concubine can be called." Even if you know how to hide clumsy, the people who nest here will have the same ending, even if you are more dexterous than others, what can you do?"

After saying this, her face turned slightly red, but her expression became cold, and she rolled up the clothes in her arms hard, and her eyes instantly turned red. Gu Gu said angrily: "They are all from the palace, how much worse can the appearance and needlework be?" Xia Wan is a high-grade maid, and when she enters the study to serve, everyone envies her. But I came to the back room to wash the utensils, and who knew that there should be such a difference between one and the other!"

Zi Ning was stunned to hear her words, and when she saw her tears rolling down suddenly, she knew that she was sad, so she hurriedly walked up to her and said gently: "Sister and sister are titles, and grades and titles are also titles." Don't let us call sisters, just change to girls, just as sisters in my heart. Xia Wan lives in the front yard of the main house, full of flowers, although we live in the back room, lined with a bamboo tree elegant and fresh, but quieter. It can be seen that the scenery of the house is built according to the situation, and the flowers are red and willow green, so how can there be a distinction between high and low?"

I felt pity for Yao Er in my heart, I just came out of the deep palace, and in the blink of an eye I entered the cage-like Dongyuan, and I couldn't jump out of the high wall for the rest of my life, which was more pathetic and lamentable.

Yao Er was silent, listened to Zi Ning's words, squeezed out a wry smile, wiped away the tears hard, and said in a cold voice: "Zi Ning girl is very knowledgeable, I don't think so!" put the clothes on the horizontal bamboo pole in the courtyard, spread them out to dry, and then turned around and left the courtyard.

Her back walked in the empty and narrow corridor, like a delicate willow leaf fluttering away, gradually fading and disappearing, covered by the brilliance of colorful carved beams and pillars, as if it had never appeared.

Luhuan leaned on the door in front of the house, looked at her back, and said for a while: "Yao'er is really strange, you speak so politely, but she refuses to appreciate it, are the people in the palace so arrogant?"

Zi Ning's heart was irrepressibly sour, and the bitter taste surged for a long time. Shaking her head, she said: "She has already received my love in her heart, but she doesn't show it on her face." Looking at Yao'er, who was determined to leave, was like seeing his own shadow.

Slowly said to herself: "Such a woman, even if she is a low-grade woman, is still stubborn, and retains her pride and fierceness, even if her status is humble." It is arrogant, it can't stand the slightest grievance, and it thinks it is a unique piece of fine porcelain, but it is indiscriminately stacked in the old warehouse. How many people have really tasted this kind of taste that is not seen. ”

Luhuan stepped out of the threshold with one foot, stepped forward to take Zi Ning's hand, and said sentimentally: "You kindly sympathize with Yao'er, but you forget that we are also just as pitiful." In the future, you should be more vigilant when you speak, and don't show a word that you shouldn't say. ”

Zi Ning looked outside the courtyard, saw Yao Er's figure disappear from the corridor, lowered his head and pursed his lips, with glittering moisture in his eyes, and couldn't help whimpering: "Green Ring, I just miss him ......"

It suddenly occurred to me that all the relatives I once had were gone, and the people I missed in the past would never be able to meet again. I remembered that the last box of concentric cakes I made was also crushed into dust in that car accident, and I couldn't deliver it to Liang Ziye in person after all, even if he was allowed to taste it.

Liang Ziye under the pink peach blossoms, the prince in gold and white clothes, the two figures are mixed with each other, which makes her heart feel numb for a while, and the pain is like a knife. He bowed his head slightly, and tears were dripping down.

Seeing her like this, Green Ring couldn't bear it, and a grievance overflowed in her heart, and two strings of tears rolled down, imprinting a clump of wet halo on the front of her breast.

Another maid in the next room finished packing up her clothes, and when she went out of the door, she saw the two holding hands, her eyes were full of tears, and she asked in surprise: "Why are you crying like this?" Yao'er's girl is just talking faster, and she says a lot of unpleasant words, all of which are unintentional, and you are annoyed with her?"

Zi Ning was taken aback, thinking, "Did she hear what we said just now?" Hurriedly wiped away her tears with her sleeve and forced a smile: "Where is it annoying her, we are just touching the scene ourselves, and it has nothing to do with Yao Er." ”

This girl's name is Yuanping, and she is also from the palace, Zi Ning saw that she was wearing Gong'e clothes, although she was dressed dignified, her face showed a flattering attitude, which was very different from Yao'er.

Yuanping swayed his waist and walked over, a pair of charming eyes turned, looked at Zi Ning carefully, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It turns out that the girl has such a good appearance, no wonder Mama Zhu squeezed you to the east wall." It's a pity that I have to be wronged for a lifetime in such a place. ”

Turning his head to look at the green ring again, he saw that the clothes they were wearing were a little old, so he reached out and picked up the hem of the two of them, and sighed exaggeratedly: "The clothes are too old, and the color is also dirty and gray, which hides the radiant light on your faces." ”

Zi Ning was not used to her acting rashly, so she turned sideways to avoid it, withdrew her sleeves from the hem of her clothes, and said lightly: "We originally had an ordinary appearance, and there was no amazing appearance, and there was no grievance or grievance. ”

Yuanping raised his eyes, showed a deep smile, pursed his lips and said: "What you said is also true, the real beauty in this world, even if the thorn hairpin is coarse cloth and dressed simply, she is still beautiful, without losing any charm." You and I are just ordinary women, nothing more than some clothes and makeup, where does the flawless beauty come from?" ————