Concubine like a house

Chapter 53
"So my sister thinks his future is not good?" Zhuoyan laughed out loud, "That's right, it was fine when Lord Hou was there, but now that Lord Hou is gone, Zhuying's identity is also a bit embarrassing..."

"Don't mention Lord Hou!" For some reason, Qian Yun's expression suddenly changed, "The deceased is gone, don't mention other things."

Zhuo Yan was taken aback, and secretly sneered at Qian Yun for making a fuss out of a molehill.Suddenly, she remembered something again, so she cautiously asked for confirmation: "When Madam was alive, uh, I mean, when my young lady first started, she once heard Mama Chi say that you are the housemate Mrs. Tai prepared for Lord Hou. ...is there any such thing?"

"You talk too much!" Qian Yun glanced at her, walked to the door with the basin she had just washed her face in, and splashed it into the yard with a "wow".The movements were crisp and neat, as if a little unwilling.

Zhuoyan found that every time Yun Ci was mentioned, Qian Yun's expression was not good, so she became more certain of her guess, and then said: "Sister, don't blame me for being talkative... Chuxiu has been in the favor of my young lady from the beginning to the end, and I don't know what to do." How can I get pregnant! Don't say that you are angry with my sister, I am also angry with my young lady!"

Qian Yun didn't agree, she pursed her lips and said, "You will be thrown into the punishment hall if you speak falsely about the master."

Zhuo Yan curled her lips: "It's just you and me right now, what is my sister afraid of? That foxy woman dares to do it, is she still afraid of being told? When Lord Hou was alive, she had clearly fallen out of favor, so where did she get pregnant? I don't know who she is conceiving with, trying to take over the Yun's family business!"

"Zhaoyan, you are enough!" Qianyun scolded coldly, "If you say one more word, you will go out!"

"Is my sister willing? With your appearance, you are wronged to be a third-class maid in Zhiyanxuan?" Zhuo Yan seemed ignorant and fearless, but continued, "With my sister's character, how can I poison people in soup? It is clear that Chuxiu intends to retaliate against you, first release you from the torture hall, give you a sweet treat, and then let you never stand up again! She herself is doing well, and she has a good reputation of "treating servants leniently"!"

At this point, Zhuoyan sneered again, and continued coolly: "Murdering the posthumous son of Lord Hou is not a small crime! After this time, there will be a second time and a third time. Don't you think my sister will always be in a passive position?" Are you under the control of that lowly servant girl from Chuxiu?"

Qian Yun didn't know before that Zhuo Yan was so sharp-tongued.Knowing that this was provocation, she didn't want to respond, she just said: "Madam has already released me from the execution hall, and she hasn't pursued it anymore, so don't talk about it."

"Even now, you still call her 'Mrs.'? What kind of wife is she?" Seeing that Qian Yun seemed to be shaken, Zhuo Yan added, "Sister, you don't want to marry Zhuying, so the servants in this mansion, You must look down on it."

Hearing this, a trace of sadness crossed Qian Yun's eyebrows, and she couldn't hold back her sobs anymore and said: "I have served Lord Hou for many years, and I can't tolerate other people anymore..." She was about to shed tears as she spoke.

Zhuo Yan echoed and sighed: "Yes! Since you can't follow the one you love, why does your sister have to submit to others and suffer this innocent humiliation?"

To be inferior?Only then did Qian Yun realize that she had underestimated Zhuo Yan's thoughts, and hurriedly wiped away her tears and asked doubtfully, "What do you mean?"

Zhuoyan didn't answer immediately, she looked out of the window first, then got up and closed the door and window tightly, then lowered her voice and said: "What I mean is, no matter what, in this Yunfu, you have to do half a job." Master! If my sister believes in me, follow me to a place tonight."

As she spoke, she stuffed a note into Qian Yun's hand, and cautiously said: "To avoid arousing suspicion, I can't stay for long. We will meet here tonight. I will not let my sister down."

Qian Yun took the note, glanced at it hastily, and said nothing.Zhuo Yan smiled meaningfully, and pushed open the closed doors and windows for her to breathe, before leaving.

After Zhuoyan left, Qianyun put the note into her sleeve, looked at the sky through the window, and got up to do some errands.The kitchen was smoky and dry, Qian Yun chopped firewood, held it in her arms and threw them into the stove one by one. Although she had done this job for more than forty days, she still felt a little strenuous.

After finally burning the firewood, Qian Yun took out the note from her sleeve, read it one last time, and threw it into the stove with a wave.The blue-orange flames licked up the paper in an instant, turning it into black paper ashes. A trace of sparks rose slightly, and finally the fly ash annihilated and returned to nothing, as if it had never existed.

Qian Yun finished her day's work with all her strength, and went back to her room early at night to sleep.There was another third-class maid who lived with her, seeing that she lay down early today, she was a little surprised: "My sister usually tosses and turns and can't sleep, she sleeps late and wakes up early, why is it abnormal today?"

The knuckles of Qian Yun's fingers holding the quilt turned white, half of her face was covered by the quilt, and she said in a muffled voice, "I'm tired today, I don't feel very comfortable." After speaking, she turned over and fell asleep with her eyes closed.

Since then, nothing has been said all night.When Qian Yun woke up the next day, the sky was already pale.There seemed to be a strange atmosphere in Zhiyan Xuan, Qian Yun went to chop wood to light the fire as usual, but the mother in charge of the kitchen came over and told: "You can chop less firewood today, Madam won't have breakfast in the garden."

Since Mrs. Tai has been exempted from morning and evening appointments, she must have meals on time every morning when she goes out of Xiu.It stands to reason that it should be abnormal today, Qian Yun decided to pretend not to know, nodded and replied: "I understand, thank you mother for reminding."

Having said that, she still concentrated on chopping firewood and fetching water. The amount of errands she did was the same as usual, and she was not lazy.After a busy afternoon like this, when it was time for lunch, the mother in charge of the kitchen and a group of third-class maids gathered around the table for dinner. As soon as Qian Yun took a few bites of food, she heard a maid whisper:

"I went to the back door to collect vegetables this morning. I heard from the maid next to the eldest lady that the inner garden was haunted last night. Zhuoyan was possessed by a ghost, and now she has lost her normal nature."

"The inner garden is haunted? It has even spread to the eldest lady's garden?" Another servant girl answered urgently.

"You don't know. I heard that the haunted place is behind the rockery in the inner garden. The corridors on the east and west sides of the place happen to connect the two gardens of the second master and the eldest lady. This news naturally spread quickly."

"Huh! Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Zhuoyan is so good, why was she frightened crazy? Besides, she is Zhiyanxuan's maid, what is she doing in the inner garden in the middle of the night? This is strange."

"I heard that ghosts like to possess evil people, because they have no righteousness in them. In the past, when Mrs. Xia was alive, Zhuoyan relied on herself as a dowry maid and didn't take us seriously. end!"

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For a while, several maids at the dinner table were talking about it, and even the mother in charge of the kitchen listened with gusto.After all, apart from surprise and fear, everyone took a gloating attitude towards Burning Face's madness, and no one sympathized with it.

Only Qian Yun ate in silence, not participating in the discussion of the maidservants, put down the bowl with a "boom" and said, "I'm full, take your time." After saying that, she got up and left.As soon as she turned around, she heard a whisper from behind: "Stop talking! Don't you know that Qian Yun and Zhuo Yan are getting closer?"

Qian Yun only said that she hadn't heard of it, she didn't even stop walking, and walked out of the door lightly...

Another day later, the housekeeper Yun Zhong came to Zhi Yanxuan to give a lecture, saying that Zhuo Yan had suffered from insanity overnight, and in order to prevent her from accidentally hurting others, she was temporarily detained in the torture hall for isolation.After Qian Yun heard the news, there was only one thought in her mind—are you insane?It seems that I have suffered from this disease too!
In the next half month, the Yun Mansion has been in a strange silence, and that kind of smooth silence made the few people in the center of the storm worry unceasingly.The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building.On the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, there is an annual dragon boat race in the city.Yanlan City is built around the mountains, and there is only one river in the city. The water in the river is fast and clear, and it is the source of drinking water for ordinary people.The dragon boat race is held on this river.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Tai ordered that all rooms, except for the servants who stayed behind, could go to watch the once-a-year lively event.Therefore, many servants who were not on duty went to watch the dragon boat race, but most of the masters of each house stayed in the mansion, only the second master Yunqi went out with a few maidservants.

Several servants of Zhiyanxuan also left, and the main garden was empty.Qian Yun held a handful of fresh calamus and mugwort leaves, and planted them on the doors one by one.This is the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Before and after the festival, mugwort leaves are planted every day in Hefu, and they are fresh mugwort leaves picked that day.

Qian Yun walked all the way to the front of Zhuying's house, and just inserted the mugwort leaf, but was shaken off by the sudden opening and closing of the door.I saw Danxin coming out of the room with red eyes, and seeing Qianyun standing outside the door, she was startled immediately, and lowered her head at a loss: "Sister Qianyun."

Ever since she was reprimanded as a fire maid, Qian Yun deliberately distanced herself from Dan Xin, and only nodded slightly to her.Danxin saw the mugwort leaf falling on the ground, and hurriedly bent over to pick it up, forced a smile and said: "Just now I came to talk to Zhuying for a few words, we had some disputes, and I taught my sister a joke." Ai Ye handed it to Qian Yun, and fled in a hurry.

As soon as Danxin left, the bamboo shadow in the room also heard the movement, and hurriedly came out to explain: "Don't think too much, Danxin and I are..."

Qian Yun looked at Zhu Ying's embarrassed expression, and interrupted quietly: "Danxin is a good girl."

A trace of sadness flashed across Zhu Ying's face: "You clearly know my intentions, even the master can see it, and before he died, he said..."

"Master, it's up to me, it depends on whether I marry or not." Qian Yun interrupted Zhuying again, her tone was flat without any fluctuations, "Before the master died, he said that the young master should take him out of Xiu, but she insisted on staying. It can be seen that the master's will is not always obeyed."

"Qian Yun, why are you bothering..." Zhu Ying is usually taciturn, but this time she confessed for the first time, "If you were willing to guard the master in the past, that's all. Why bother to suffer again. What's more, you and I grew up together..."

"You and Danxin are childhood sweethearts. I have served Mrs. Tai since I was a child..." Qian Yun categorically denied it, but finally made up her mind, "Since Mrs. Tai sent me to Zhiyanxuan as an errand, I regarded myself as a My master is gone, and Mrs. Tai also taught me the same way. Now that my master is gone, I will naturally... never marry for life."

never marry!Zhu Ying was shocked: "Qian Yun! If you don't like me, I won't bother you. You really don't need to make such an excuse, it's too... cruel."

"No, this is not an excuse." Qian Yun's distant and indifferent eyes suddenly showed a touch of sadness, "My heart has died with the master. Even if I don't have this title, I am determined not to marry for life."

The reason why she never married was because in her heart, she had already married herself.On the day she stepped into Zhiyanxuan, the immortal in white clothes asked her with a smile: "From now on, how about you be called 'Qianyun'?" From that moment on, she has worshiped him like a god and sacrificed him My whole body and mind.

(End of this chapter)