Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 9
Since the third lady of the Qiu family presented the formula of mosquito repellent incense to the third room, the relationship between the third room in charge of the Qiu family and the weak and incompetent second room has been improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Tingqin feels that her mood recently is quite contradictory, both happy and sad.The happy thing is that the marriage between the third wife of the Qiu family and A Lang of the Tian family has ended, and her heart knot has been relieved temporarily; the sad thing is that the mistress asked her to take the initiative to establish a good relationship with the third lady's maidservant, Shuanghan.

In fact, she didn't understand why she was so disgusted with the marriage contract between Ah Lang and Sanniang of the Tian family, since she obviously couldn't marry him anyway.Officials, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are inseparable, as has been the case since ancient times.Her status as a servant girl meant that she could only be Tian Lang's concubine at best, but she just wasn't reconciled.

Thinking about today's mission, which is to ask her to go to the second room to please her, Tingqin feels uncomfortable all over.I regret that I was too straight back then, and I put all my displeasure and displeasure on my face.Now that the platform is high, it is not easy to think about it.

But she also understands that no matter how difficult it is, she has to do it.This is the assignment given by the mistress, if she fails to do it well, it is even less likely that she will have the opportunity to get close to Tian Lang.

Ting Qin bit the bullet and walked towards the courtyard where the second bedroom was located.The courtyard is located near the east wall of the west courtyard. Tingqin knocked on the door according to the teaching of the fifth young lady, and then said softly: "My servant Tingqin, come to visit the third lady."

Soon, there was a sound of light footsteps coming from the door, followed by the voice of the servant girl Shuanghan: "Who is it?"

Ting Qin hurriedly replied: "My servant Ting Qin."

Shuanghan asked suspiciously, "Tingqin?"

As if not believing that the person outside the door was Ting Qin, Shuang Han opened a crack in the door and looked out.Tingqin quickly smiled, and called softly: "Shuanghan."

Unexpectedly, Shuanghan retracted her head, and the door was closed again.Tingqin was suddenly extremely embarrassed, standing still, neither advancing nor retreating, suddenly in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.

Just when Tingqin was hesitating, the door creaked open, and Shuanghan appeared in front of her, looking at her indifferently: "Come in."

Ting Qin breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped in.

She followed behind Shuanghan, and the two of them had no more communication, they went all the way through halls and halls, and came to the outside of the third lady's boudoir.Shuanghan lifted the curtain, and Tingqin smelled a cool fragrance as soon as she entered the room.

"The third lady is inside, you go in."

Tingqin looked in and saw the third lady was sitting on a small stool, grinding some spices with a medicine grinder.

"Hello, Third Lady." Ting Qin saluted respectfully.

The third lady put down the medicine grinder and looked up at her.She had a faint expression on her face: "It's Tingqin, what's the matter with coming to see me, my third aunt?"

"Yes, today's cold dew. Madam asked the servant girl to bring some sesame cakes to the third lady, to nourish yin and prevent dryness. It's time to nourish yin in autumn and winter. Our wife really treats you like a daughter."

The third lady raised her eyebrows: "Oh? That's really thanks to the third aunt for your trouble."

Seeing this, Qinqin handed the food box to Shuanghan, and said: "The madam also asked, if the third lady is in good health and mood, will she go to private school again?"

After Qin finished speaking, Qiu Mo was silent for a while.It is true that I will not go to private school for more than half a year.Originally, it was because Mrs. Xiao had a new funeral. After taking care of the funeral and being overly sad, I really couldn't get the energy to study.After recovering a bit, she ran into the trouble of the Tian family's marriage proposal again. She was only focused on how to get rid of this marriage, and forgot about going back to private school.

"Please listen to Mrs. Qin to help me bring a message to my aunt. Thank you for your concern. I also have the same intention, but it is arranged by my third aunt. Shuanghan, bring back my new Siwuxiang to Tingqin. Third Aunt and Fifth Younger Sister. I hope Auntie will not dislike you if you give me some thought."

"Madam will definitely be very happy." Ting Qin thanked happily, and said, "The servant girl is leaving."

After finishing speaking, Tingqin followed Shuanghan and left Qiu Mo's boudoir, and went to get a return gift for Sanfang.Walking on the stone path in the small courtyard, she suddenly accelerated, caught up with Shuanghan who was leading the way, and said with a smile: "Shuanghan, slow down, I have something to tell you..."

Shuanghan turned her head and glanced at her in displeasure, and asked coldly, "What's the matter, Mrs. Qin?"

"Sister Shuanghan, don't be annoyed, my sister used to be a last resort." Ting Qin pretended to be aggrieved, and explained in a low voice,

"You and I are both maidservants. There was a misunderstanding between the master and wife about the marriage of the third lady. If I can't express my attitude, then I can't explain it to the master."

Shuanghan was noncommittal and just looked at her quietly.

"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the second and third bedrooms of the Qiu family are now living in harmony, which is well known in the whole family. Elder sister, I am also here to bow to my younger sister. I am willing to put aside the previous grievances with my younger sister and take good care of a pair of ladies together in the future. You see how?"

Seeing Tingqin's low-key appearance, Shuanghan sneered inwardly.This woman's acting skills are getting better and better, and she is really willing to bow down.

But she didn't show any landscape on her face. After all, San Niangzi told her to ease the relationship with Ting Qin. After all, she also wanted to obtain information from San Fang through Ting Qin.On the one hand, it is to seek the second wife's self-protection, and on the other hand, it is also possible to get clues about Mrs. Xiao's death.

So Shuanghan nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I hope my sister will do what she says."

Tingqin breathed a sigh of relief, the most difficult task of today is finally done!
"Sister, don't worry, she never breaks her promise when she listens to Qin."

The two looked at each other, each showing a satisfied smile.

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Hearing that Qin had just left, Shuanghan hurried back to Qiu Mo, and smiled at her, "My lady guessed right! This maid came to bring you snacks, and she really has another purpose."

Qiu Mo didn't stop kneading the incense balls, and looked sideways at Shuanghan: "Oh?"

"Third lady, the maid looked at her expression when she first entered the door, she was clearly here to curry favor with us. Later, the maid led her to get Siwuxiang, and she even dragged me to beg for peace!"

Qiu Mo curled her lips slightly: "Really?"

"That's right. The servant girl thinks that Qin probably intends to get your private information out of the maidservant in the future. Lady Tian also offered to let you go back to private school. It seems that she also wants to further monitor your every move."

Yes, it's really unreasonable for Mrs. Tian to be so cautious and cautious about her.Qiu Mo stopped what she was doing, thoughtfully.

As a little lady who lost her mother, Aye is not a strong person, can she be so caring about her, Mrs. Tian?
She thought that not long after her mother passed away, Mrs. Lu's health became worse and worse because of her grief.Ah Mu was old, so the elder uncle made the decision and entrusted the careless affairs of the family to Mrs. Tian.Not long after, all the servants in the family, except for the servants since childhood, were basically replaced... Since then, she has always had an inexplicable feeling that Sanfang and her mother's death There are relationships.

"Look, maidservant, it must be because Lady Tian has a weird personality and always feels that others are trying to harm her. Third lady, you don't know, last time you asked me to deliver mosquito repellent incense to Sanfang, she grabbed me and asked here and there. It took a while before I was willing to accept the incense..." Shuang Han guessed.

Qiu Mo was noncommittal.In fact, she secretly felt that things were not that simple.

"In any case, we also need a channel to get in touch with Sanfang, so let's do this first."

"Well, anyway, what should be said and what should not be said, the maid knows clearly."

Qiu Mo nodded to her with a smile, and then continued to move her hands.

　Xiangsheng little knowledge:

　　Women in the Tang Dynasty had the right to learn and read:
　　(The content fragment is taken from ZH, author Zhuo Jian)
　　Women's right to education in the Tang Dynasty was fully opened.Women also enjoy the right to read and write. Whether they are from aristocratic families, ordinary people or nuns, they can learn characters and read books. Parents attach great importance to women's literacy and hope that women can also have skills.The rate of female illiteracy in the Tang Dynasty was much lower than that in the previous dynasties.Although they cannot go to school to study like men, they can also receive education from their families, mostly from their parents and elder brothers or invite outsiders to teach at home.At that time, women's education reached a grand stage, and many female talents emerged.Compared with the "no talent is virtue" advocated by the previous dynasties, women need to obey their husbands' ethical thoughts. This is a dynasty in which women are unprecedentedly released culturally.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)