boudoir

Chapter 28 The girl is cautious
There is already a thin line of whiteness in the sky, and this night will pass again.

Aunt Su was lying on the couch, with the brocade quilt covering her waist, her forehead facing the quilt with one hand, she seemed to be asleep.

Rui'er knelt on the ground not daring to be alarmed, and gradually stopped speaking.

The shock and panic that night made her a little unbearable. Even kneeling on the ground covered with Persian blankets, she trembled uncontrollably.

After a long time, there was a sigh from the couch, then Aunt Su put down her hands, raised her head, and said to herself: "She is really only nine years old? It's incredible..."

Rui'er supported her knees and said: "This servant also thinks that Miss Jiu is too smart, the key is that she is very familiar with the rules of this kind of deep house and compound, as if she has lived here since she was a child. If she really came out of a small family, Who would have the guts to beat Cheng Ma? Seeing her appearance, she might have been scared to death. The appearance of Nine Girls at that time, and just now in the water pavilion... Auntie is absolutely unimaginable."

Recalling just now, she couldn't help trembling again.

Aunt Su took a sip of the warmed tea, turned her head and called Heng Wei: "Make a bowl of ginseng tea." Then she looked at the ground and said after a long time: "Go back. Don't come here to answer questions from now on. .”

Rui'er was stunned for a moment, then opened her eyes wide: "Auntie?"

Aunt Su sat up straight and said, "If you don't want to die, just listen to me and forget about me as the master. Can't you see it? She is extremely defensive, and the more she walks back, the worse her problem will be. If she finds out that you have betrayed the lord, you will have no choice but to die. I am doing this for your own good."

Rui'er couldn't believe it: "Her, how could she kill me?"

Aunt Su stood up: "How could it be? If it were me, knowing that there are such people around me, I would too!"

Rui'er sat paralyzed on the ground, tremblingly said: "Auntie, what does Auntie mean, do you not believe in Ruier? Then why does Auntie want me to go back?"

Aunt Su stopped under the curtain, and sighed after a long time, "Whether you go back or not, she has already reached this point. If I keep you, I will lose. If I let you do things for me again, Not only will you suffer, I will also lose her knife. If you are really grateful to me, go back and serve her wholeheartedly. As for what I promised you, I will do it."

Hengwei brought ginseng tea and stood to one side, Aunt Su said: "Drink this bowl of ginseng tea to warm your body, then go back. Just remember, don't mention anything about the past to others."

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Liuli got up at midnight on time, and stretched her arms and legs in the yard.As soon as the courtyard door opened, Rui'er came in, went straight to her side, bent her knees and knelt down.

Liuli glanced at her and said lightly, "You're back?"

Rui'er bit her lip and nodded her head: "Aunt Su asked the servants to serve the girl wholeheartedly, so there must be no second thoughts."

Liuli stretched her arms a few times, put her legs on the railing in turn and did a few leg presses, then retracted her hands, clapped her palms, and looked at the top of her head slightly: "Then what do you think?" of?"

Rui'er paused for a moment, then raised her head to look at her: "This servant is willing to serve the girl faithfully, if there is another heart, then this servant will never be able to avenge her father!"

Liuli looked at her for a while, then sighed: "Following me will be hard, but I don't want to force you. If you don't make up your mind to follow me, I won't blame you."

Rui'er glared at her resentfully: "Girl!"

Last night's tossing was also called "don't want to force" her, and she was really the only one with such a thick skin to say it.Fortunately, Rui'er has already figured it out after coming out from Aunt Su, even Aunt Su thinks that this Ninth Girl is not simple, if she wants her to serve her wholeheartedly, why would she not obey?It's even more fortunate that Liuli only blamed herself for not being absolutely loyal, rather than intentionally sending her to Mrs. Yu.

Feeling grateful, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This servant is lonely and alone. Aunt Su thought that this servant was pitiful, so she buried her dead father for her, and then sent her to work in her shop. Later, Da Furen asked Ren Yazi to bring someone in, and Aunt Su So I tried to get the slave to come. Now my aunt gave the slave to the girl, and the slave is the girl's person from now on, so I don't have two hearts, and I don't dare to have two hearts. The slave is sincere, if there is any violation, God will let me agree I just swore."

Cuiying in the corridor was already looking this way, Liuli withdrew her gaze and said, "As long as you are loyal to me, your father's affairs will be easy to handle, it's just a matter of time."

Ruier hurriedly kowtowed: "I'm not afraid sooner or later, as long as I can get justice!"

Liuli nodded, "Let's not talk about that for now. I asked Tian'er to make ginger tea, drink it to dispel the cold, let's go to work after drinking it." After speaking, she looked back at her and said, "It's not that I don't care about your life, Don't forget that there are two people in the room staring at you and me. If you don't want to die, you have to learn to be cautious in everything from now on."

After all, if Aunt Su sent a seasoned person this time, how could she eat and live with them so easily?

Rui'er wiped away her tears and kept nodding her head: "Your servant knows, I thank you for your forgiveness."

After speaking, he wiped away his tears and got up, and entered the house.Liuli did some exercise again, and happily went into the house to comb her hair and change her clothes.

The weather was fine that day, and Liuli asked Cuiying to move a deck chair outside to bask in the sun all day.And Rui'er took advantage of the noon to catch up on sleep for a while, while Cuiying taught Tian'er a lesson, and then went to find Rui'er who got up to train again.

Liuli didn't pay any attention to it at all, even Rui'er once threw her a look for help.She accepted her, but it doesn't mean that she will come forward to solve such things for her.If she can't even handle such trivial things, how can she become mature?It can be seen that she suffered from this weakness in her previous life.

Her indifference may have irritated Rui'er, but after a while, Rui'er bit her lip in disappointment and had to turn her head back.

"Sister Cuiying, have some tea."

Rui'er turned around and poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to her docilely, then lowered her hand humbly and said: "My sister taught me that when Rui'er first came to the mansion, I didn't do enough in many places, thanks to my sister's willingness to teach me."

Cuiying's arrogance dissipated as soon as she saw it, she took a sip of tea, stood up and exhaled, "Fortunately, there is someone who is obedient!"

Tian'er glared at the two of them from a distance, and threw a mattress on the washboard for washing.

Since Aunt Su sent Rui'er back, Rui'er's performance in the past two days is much different than before. First of all, she has feedback on what Liuli ordered. The reason for doing this, or to remind her of certain details.

Then she became more and more tight-lipped about what Liuli asked her to do. Sometimes Cuiying and Tian'er used clichés in their conversation. He prevaricated with a sentence of catching a cold and diarrhea.

As for Aunt Su, she deliberately avoided it.Although Liuli is also happy that she has forgotten her old master, she avoids suspicion too much and is easy to be targeted.So at night after washing and grooming, when Rui'er made her bed, she said: "The two in the room are not worry-free, if you don't want to cause trouble, then don't be talked about."

When Ruier heard that there was something in her words, her subordinates paused.Liuli stretched out her finger and pointed in the direction of the long room, Rui'er took Aunt Su seriously these days, so she naturally knew it was a bit of a slap in the face, so she pursed her lips and nodded.

When Liuli clicked, she still lowered her head and played with the seal seal engraved with the word "Lanqing".

Rui'er spread out the quilt, walked back to her, and said: "When the girl went out for a walk today, Nanny Sun came back. For some reason, she quarreled with Nanny Wang. Grandma Wang was entangled with her son, and Nanny Wang came up with a lot of ideas in order to curry favor with Qian Changsheng. The two had a heated argument, and even said that they would go to the eldest lady. Fortunately, someone came to call Grandma Sun to go to work. It stopped again."

The so-called one person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven, Qian Changsheng is no more than a servant leader, because he is in charge of all the affairs of the Shangshu Mansion, so all the relatives around him are showing off their power.

Liuli didn't care much, and didn't raise her head, said: "There are too many people in the world who are following the trend."

Rui'er glanced at her and said: "This is not what this servant is talking about. The last time Cheng Ma was cured by the girl, I'm afraid I still hold this tone in my heart. Sun Nanny's daughter Mier works under the Fourth Madam, and the Fourth Madam It's a good relationship with the eldest lady, if the fourth lady finds out and reports it to the eldest lady, Cheng Ma will take the opportunity to provoke her, and she is afraid that the lady will take the opportunity to tidy up the yard and give the girl the first place to eat."

Liuli frowned, feeling that it was not unreasonable at the moment.Mrs Yu failed to win her last time, so she will definitely not let it go.But thinking about it again, Qian Changsheng would still be alarmed if they started a quarrel, and felt that the possibility was unlikely.

When the He Mansion was still in Wuzhou's ancestral home, Qian Changsheng's ancestors were slaves of the He Mansion. Later, the old man's father was elected as an official in Beijing, and the Qian family was also sent to the capital. one.Now Qian Changsheng's sons and nephews have all been sent to slavery by the old man's favor, and they run errands in the government's mansion, while Qian Changsheng's generation are all working in the house and the old man's two younger brothers' homes.

Speaking of Mrs. He, the two younger brothers also have their own achievements. One took part in politics in Yunnan and never came back for many years.But no matter which mansion, the chief steward is a member of the Qian family, so Qian Changsheng, let alone any mansion, even most of Beijing can get a little bit of trouble.

Now the Qian family has built a yard with three entrances and three exits in the back alley, Wuyi Lane, which was also rewarded by the old man. Qian Changsheng should not have two hearts towards the old man. Concerned about his face.With Cheng Ma's incident last time, Mrs. Yu is not fully sure, and will not do anything casually now.

Thinking of this, she said: "If Da Furen really wants to kill me, I can't do anything about it. But you have to do something first, and tomorrow you go to the backyard to find Lai Wu, and say that you have a way to help him keep his wife. He will quietly come to the Buddhist hall tomorrow night."

Rui'er didn't expect her to jump on this matter suddenly, she was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded her head in agreement after a long time: "The maidservant will go tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)