boudoir

Chapter 42

When it was time for the dining table emperor to sit down, since Huanhua didn't come today, the seat to the right of Liuli was vacant, and Biyun asked to remove a stool so that the girls could sit more comfortably.

Before the dishes were served, Yanhua came over and looked at Liuli with a smirk: "I heard that Nanny Li has become your mother-in-law, have you been living comfortably all this time?"

Liuli Jawshou: "Thank you for your concern, Miss Wu, I am very comfortable. But Miss Wu dares to be so close to me, isn't she afraid that someone will secretly cast water on you?"

Yan Hua was startled, subconsciously turned her head to look at Mrs Yu, after all she didn't dare to make a mistake, she glared at Liu Li secretly, and sat back.

Just as Min Hua sat down beside her, Liuli tilted her head towards her, her voice deliberately raised two points: "Second girl, I wonder if you found the hairpin you lost?"

Yan Hua on the opposite side suddenly became nervous, while Min Hua was a little confused, printed his lips with a silk cloth, and said, "What hairpin?"

Liuli thought she was pretending to be stupid, so she lowered her voice and said, "It's your birth hairpin. Didn't you lose it last time?"

Min Hua thought for a while, then shook his head: "I don't have such a thing. My birth date is engraved on the collar." As she spoke, she lowered her head and picked up the silver collar around her neck, pointing to the clasp of the silver lock, Sure enough, there was a date of birth engraved on it, but after thinking about it carefully, it was vaguely the same year and date as the date of birth on that hairpin.

Liuli couldn't think for a moment, she always thought that the silver hairpin was Min Hua's birth hairpin, but now Min Hua personally told her that it wasn't, so what the hell is Aunt Su doing?What secret is this hairpin hiding?
Liuli suddenly felt that this matter was not over yet. Aunt Su helped her out of trouble at the beginning, but now it seems that she did it to prevent the situation from spreading. What is she hiding?And it seemed that even Yanhua had already discovered this matter, and she never said anything about it.

She doesn't know if Aunt Su has ever beaten He Yanhua secretly, but a person like He Yanhua would never keep a secret for others under normal circumstances... Now Liuli thinks that Su Meiyin is a woman who is completely strange!

"Min'er, come and serve the old lady."

Aunt Su suddenly walked to the table, still with a slight smile on her lips, she looked at Min Hua and gave orders.Min Hua stood up obediently and walked to the old lady on the table.

Su Meiyin and a table of girls nodded in greeting, until Liuli's eyes stayed on her face for a while, before they were slowly withdrawn.

After she left, Liuli bowed her head in silence for a long time.

After dinner, it was time to go back to each room.

The sky was getting grayer and the snow peas were falling again.Liuli was waiting for Rui'er to take the umbrella in the corridor, when a person suddenly bumped into her from behind and staggered her.

"Is Miss Jiu okay? I'm really sorry, the ground is too slippery."

The visitor held her tightly with both hands and kept apologizing, and when she stood still and retracted her hand, there was already a ball of paper on the palm of her left hand.

Liuli raised her head, and in front of her was Hengwei who had faint crow's feet after smiling.

Heng Wei closed her left hand tightly, and said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, Miss Jiu. It's cold and the road is slippery, so be careful."

When Rui'er brought the umbrella, Liuli quickly left the yard and walked back to the garden.Seeing her serious expression, Rui'er didn't know what happened, so she could only follow her step by step.

Arriving at the waterside pavilion by the lakeside where Ruier was being judged day and night, Liuli suddenly slowed down and turned into the waterside pavilion with her toes.

Ruier called "girl" and hurried in.

Liuli stared at the remnant lotus in the water for half a day, then suddenly turned around and asked: "Aunt Su asked you to come to my side, how did she tell you?"

Rui'er's expression changed, and the hand stove she was holding almost fell off, "Girl!"

Liuli softened her tone and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not entangled, it's just that I haven't figured out something, just tell me the truth."

Ruier breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The servant also said that the girl did not believe the servant, so she was thinking too much. When Aunt Su asked the servant to come, she didn't give any special instructions, she just asked the servant to write down the girl's words and deeds and tell her .”

Liuli nodded, and said again: "Then has she ever mentioned the matter of the hairpin to you?"

"Chain?" Rui'er shook her head blankly, "No."

"No?" Liuli frowned, "Then why did you go to report the news of Aunt Su's past 15 years ago as soon as you heard that I wanted Tian'er to tell Mrs Yu?"

Rui'er blushed, and said: "Auntie said at that time that she should be informed no matter what happened. When the maid heard that the girl wanted to tell Yu Shi something, she was worried that it would be bad for Auntie, so she went."

Liuli stared at her for a while, seeing that her eyes were stable, she didn't seem to be panicking, so she hummed and gave up.

Rui'er couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

Liuli took out the note, tore it up and threw it into the lake, "Nothing happened, it's just that she asked me to chant scriptures in the Buddhist hall tomorrow night."

Rui'er opened her eyes wide, going to the Buddhist hall to chant scriptures in such a cold day?Then after thinking about it, I realized that Aunt Su must have something to talk to Liuli about, but it's not just as simple as chanting scriptures, so she started solemnly: "Don't worry, girl, the servant will take care of it."

It began to snow the next morning, first in small clusters, then in large patches, and after noon, the whole world turned white.

Cuiying's cold worsened again, and she lay in bed for a whole day.Impatient in her heart, she caught Ruier Tianer and scolded her, and occasionally pointed at Sang and Huaihuai to target Nanny Li, and Nanny Li did not lose her momentum.

Liuli was pressed and embroidered for a whole day.

In the evening, Nanny Sun came back from the front yard, and mentioned that He Zanbi had been in the mansion all afternoon, Liuli remembered that the Mohe painting he wanted had already been prepared, so she planned to send it there, so as not to worry about it all the time.

Unexpectedly, holding the painting scroll to the front hall of the big house, Bao An, the long follower, said that the old man is receiving guests. It turned out that it was the father of his in-laws, the eldest grandmother Xie Shi.Liu Li waited for a while but still didn't see off the guests, guessing that she had left a meal, so she had to hand over the painting to Bao An, and came back by herself.

It was a little late when I returned to the courtyard.On weekdays, Nanny Li always voluntarily ate with Liuli, but today Rui'er saw that Liuli was coming home late, so she didn't serve dishes.When Liuli entered the door, Nanny Li's face was as long as a horse's.

"If you don't go back to the house when it's time for dinner, what kind of rules are you adhering to!"

Liuli herself was also hungry, knowing that her hunger was on the rise, she didn't want to argue with her, so she said meekly: "It's mine, mother, calm down." While asking Rui'er to serve, she poured water from the teapot and washed it up. hand.

While talking, Tian'er served the food, as usual, Rui'er Tian'er was waiting on her side, Cuiying had a cold today, and she didn't want to humble herself here, so she came over to oblige, and said she was going to add the stove to boil water, and left opened.Nanny Li cursed "dead hoof" at her back, gnashing her teeth.

There are two roasted squabs here today, Tian'er just put down the plate, Li Mama has already reached out to get one, and she will come back to get it later, Liuli has given the rest to Rui'er: "Give this meat to Rui'er." Tear it off and give me soup."

Grandma Li groaned and wanted to stop her with her hand. Liu Li glanced at her, lowered her head and wiped her fingers with a silk cloth, and said softly, "I'm very sorry that I delayed Mammy's meal because I went to the elder's place. Mammy is here. These days, I should have bought a feast of food and drink to welcome my grandma, but I thought that my grandma had served my aunt before, how could ordinary food and drink catch my mother's eyes? If you want the delicacies of mountains and seas——you know, I would I don't have much money, and I can't afford it right now, so just treat it as my debt, and when I have more money in the future, I need to be filial to you!"

What she said was humble and serious, Li Nanny couldn't bear to turn against her again because of a bird, so she picked up a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus fish in front of her, and remembered that she must not lose her status, so she said: "If you say this word is good, My aunt really did not treat me badly, anything that flies in the sky and runs on the ground, but if my aunt has anything, she must give me a taste! I am already tired of eating this roasted squab and sweet-scented osmanthus fish."

Liu Li ate half a bowl of rice with the pigeon soup, and ate two pieces of taro cake, wiped her mouth, and said following her words: "I heard that when my aunt was alive, she was very respected by my aunt, so naturally I don't like it." I will treat Mammy badly. But the children of my aunt seem to come to the mansion less these years."

Nanny Li said: "My aunt raised a son and a daughter. Now the young master has gone to Yunnan, and the county master of Chunyang married into Prince Yu's mansion. Now she is also the mother of two children. She usually takes care of her husband and raises her children, so naturally she doesn't move around much."

At the beginning, because of He Cistanna's climbing up to the Yu Mansion, the He Mansion benefited a lot from this in-law. He Duanyun's marriage to Hu Chenfeng, the Duke of the State at that time, was the thread of the Yu family's mother.So Nanny Li and Mrs. Yu got closer.

Liuli was always puzzled by the old lady's eagerness to call Li Nanny back from the Duke's mansion, but just now she saw that she was talking about the big aunt again, so she asked carefully, and found out that Chun The Lord of Yang County married to Prince Yu's Mansion.He thought to himself, no wonder Mrs. Yu is so clear about the female teacher surnamed Guo, I am afraid that this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have already made the idea of ​​clinging to Prince Yu's mansion.The He Mansion is Chunyang's maternal ancestral home, even though his mother is gone, the relationship has faded, but the blood relationship is still there.

So he tentatively asked: "The county lord has two children? Has the old lady asked someone to invite the county lord to come back as a guest?"

Nanny Li opened her mouth to answer, but she didn't dare to speak nonsense, so she held back her words, and only squinted at her and said, "Young lady, what are you doing asking about these things? The matter between the old lady and the county master is not about us." The next person can ask."

Seeing that Liu Li couldn't come out with the question, she just let it go, anyway, it wasn't an important matter for her.

(End of this chapter)