boudoir

Chapter 79 Too Impatient
Aunt Su was silent, and it took a long time to put the tea bowl in her hand on the table.

"How did you find out?"

Liuli sneered: "Why didn't your confidant tell you?" Aunt Su looked over.Liuli said: "I found a bag of white rice cakes mixed with Anshusan in the back garden. I asked Rui'er to take it to ask Dr. Wu, and she threw it into the lake. Later, I got it from Dr. Wu. Knowing that she didn't ask about it at all. And Anshusan is only available to old ladies and wives, if you didn't take it from the old lady and give it to Ruier to fascinate Cuiying, what would it be?"

"But Tian'er can also get Anshusan from the eldest lady, why do you think I got it from the old lady?"

Liuli laughed and said: "Ma'am, if you want to kill Cuiying, there are many ways to kill Cuiying without showing any traces. Why do you have to use Anshusan? But the most important thing is that you just made an appointment with me that night. And Tian'er didn't She doesn't know if I'm in the room, how could she prescribe the medicine rashly? Only Rui'er has the time and motivation."

Aunt Su stared at her, and suddenly sighed and smiled, "I know I can't hide it from you. I didn't want to use Rui'er, but there is no one more suitable and convenient than her. I hurt her. "

Liuli looked back coldly.Aunt Su suddenly suppressed her smile and said: "But you are wrong, she did not betray you, you are too impatient."

"If it is said that I contacted the old master behind my back, committed murders for her, and finally killed two maids and beat me, and then spread the rumor that I set up a scarecrow to scare the fifth girl, that's not right. If it is not called betrayal, then what kind of behavior is called betrayal? You should know the reason why three people become tigers. If such rumors continue to spread, will the old lady and Mrs. Yu take the opportunity to teach me a lesson again? A meal? I guard against this and that all day long, but I don't know that the person I should guard against the most is by my side!"

Liuli spoke sharply, her pale face, which had not seen the sun for several days, also turned crimson due to excitement.

Aunt Su stood up and walked to the flower stand in the corner, seemingly unable to face such a pressing question.

"But she is a girl, how can she go to the Zhuangzi to do those rough jobs? The housekeepers in the Zhuangzi are used to being rough, and they are all like wolves and tigers. They beat people like they want to die. You know how those people will treat them She? In the days after Cuiying's death, she couldn't eat or sleep well, and she often felt uneasy about it..."

"So what? You should know that I just drove her away. This is already very kind to a servant who betrayed me!"

Liuli was unmoved.

Aunt Su looked back at her, she seemed to know that it was useless to say anything, so she sighed and went out.

Rui'er had been gone for three or four days before Liuli gradually recovered.

It was Huanhua's birthday today, so Guo Xia let the girls have their vacation, so the girls went to Sanfang to celebrate their birthday together.At that time, the spring was very beautiful, and the two plum trees in the three-bedroom courtyard were full of pink and white flowers. Suhua looked at them and said, "It looks like rice flower candy!" Everyone laughed together, and Yuhua suggested: "The peach blossoms in the garden should be in full bloom. Now, why don't we let the kitchen set up two banquet tables to eat in the garden! One can enjoy the spring, and the other can enjoy the flowers and drink without disturbing the elders, wouldn't it be good?"

Huanhua was the first to agree: "Mother Wu in our house came back from the garden yesterday and said that the flowers were all in bloom, and Zhengchou didn't have time to appreciate them. The third sister's suggestion is very good! I'll let someone go Prepare wine and food!"

Yanhua clapped her hands: "It's the happiest thing to enjoy spring with wine and flowers!"

The last time it was found out that Ziyan put a scarecrow to scare Yanhua, the mother and daughter of the Nie family were furious, and they thought it was the Yu family who was behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, the third house of the eldest family interrogated Ziyan and sold her. After leaving the country, Mrs. Yu also went back to the mansion and begged his father to appoint He Xiuyuan, a member of the official department, as the official position of Wailang, thinking that the two of them had been bound together for the food collection, and they would still need to rely on each other in the future. , so he put the matter aside, and it was still as good as before.

Because Mrs. Qi was serving breakfast in the main courtyard, someone from the room reported that the girls had gone to the garden to set up a banquet. The old lady heard about it and said with a smile: "They are so happy, we will make trouble with them later! Mrs. Qi laughed and said, "It must be Huan'er's bad idea!" The old lady pointed at Mrs. Yu: "You go too! They are all her aunts and aunts, which are worth half a mother. Go rub her two cups of birthday wine." Nothing!"

Mrs. Yu heard that the old lady's words had some deep meaning, so she smiled and said: "Since the old lady has spoken, we have food and drink for nothing, so how can we not do it? It's just that the third lady is afraid that it will cost money today!" Xiang Qi.Mrs. Qi put down the teacup with a light smile, but didn't answer, and instead called Qi Luo, the servant girl: "Go and tell Madam Wu, bring out the money and let the big kitchen set up a few tables in the garden. Things need to be ready, old lady." You and your wives are coming!" Qi Luo smiled and went on.

Liang pretended to stand up hastily: "I'm going back to my room to prepare my birthday present!"

Seeing that the old lady was happy, Mrs. Nie didn't even care about arguing with Mrs. Liang, and joked, "It's exactly, the eighth girl's tenth birthday, so I have to prepare a birthday gift! I wonder what gift the old lady prepared? Show it to the daughter-in-law You guys are jealous, turn around so that we can follow the rules!"

The old lady laughed and said, "You guys are trying to trick me again!" Saying this, she let Qingshang go down to do it.

Liuli also knows that today is Huanhua's birthday, and she has been bored in the house for more than half a month. Now that there is something wrong in the house, she also wants to take the opportunity to go out for a walk.Just as she was telling Yuegui to go down to prepare the birthday gift, she couldn't help remembering that it was Rui'er who took care of Shuhua's birthday, and felt empty for a while, very uncomfortable, so she called Haitang to comb her hair, not thinking about it.

Haitang was also very happy to see that she was in better shape, and wanted to dress her up more beautifully, so she imitated Yuhua Shuhua's usual hair style, put down her original double bun, and only parted half of her hair and tied it twice on the top of her head. A small hair ring, decorated with small velvet flowers, and according to the shape of her oval face, pick out a strand on each side to tie it with a ribbon and hang it down, and gather the hair behind her head into a handful.After combing it out and matching it with this spring outfit, it seems like a different person.

Liuli thought it was too cumbersome, so she asked her to change the small hair ring into two small buns.

Shuangxi came in with two boxes of rouge and said, "I'm afraid it's not good to just take these two—" Looking up, it seemed that there were more people in the room, and stopped talking, and when he saw clearly that it was Liuli, he couldn't help laughing. : "Miss, this dress is very good." Liuli smiled, seeing the rouge in her hand: "What did you just say?"

Shuangxi said: "Oh, I mean, for the eighth girl's birthday, I'm afraid it's outrageous for us to take two boxes of rouge. We have to add something else."

Liuli thought for a while, "She likes to draw, so go buy her two good brushes."

Shuangxi stood still.Liuli said, "Why don't you go?"

Shuangxi smiled and said: "Miss is confused. After Rui'er left, the money box can be left here with the girl."

It was only then that Liuli remembered that before Rui'er left, she had indeed handed over the money box, and she conveniently put it in the closet.She opened the closet, took out the small box, and opened the brass lock to see, how could there be any money in it?Apart from seven or eight silver ladles, there are only a few copper plates!

Shuangxi looked at it twice, and said, "Young lady, that's all the money in the box? You've received a lot of rewards this year! At least a hundred taels, right? There's also a lot of jewelry. Why?" Rui'er handed over this to you?"

Liu Li was not very serious about money, and used to spend money lavishly, when Rui'er handed her the money box, she didn't open it to look, only felt that it was heavy inside, not as empty as it is now.If the money in it was sufficient at that time, where did it go later?

She frowned and thought for a while, then took out a silver locket, closed the lid, and said, "Take it and buy it first." Shuangxi paused, took it and tucked it in her belt, and went out.Liuli glanced at the box twice, then put it back in the closet.

After copying two words, Shuangxi came back, Liuli let her take it, and they went to the third room together.

All the flowers in the garden were in full bloom, and the weeping willows by the lake had turned into smoky green. After all, there were so many people who went to celebrate their birthdays today, few of them could speak, so they walked slowly, just for a walk.

Just crossed the small stone bridge where I ran into Huanhua that day, suddenly I heard someone in the peach blossom forest on the other side of the bridge say: "Hey, look, who is that?"

Because the Qi family suddenly sent Madam Wu, the steward of the third room, to spread the word that the old ladies and wives would also come to make fun of it, the girls became more energetic and hurriedly ordered people to go down to prepare tables and chairs for food and drinks, eldest sister Rui Min was putting paper kites under the three gates, and when she heard that her aunts were going into the garden to enjoy the flowers, she also clamored to follow her. Huanhua saw that she had a lot of fun with the paper kites, so she specially sent a maid back to her room to get them.

The sisters just took advantage of the fact that the tables and chairs hadn't been moved away, so they set up a paper kite outside the peach grove.Shuhua's eyes were sharp, and she saw two people walking on the lakeshore at a glance. Come.

Rui Min was in the grass beside the lake. When he saw the person coming, he shouted, "I know who it is! It's the one in the garden!"

The little girl was young, and people around her were used to calling Liuli "people in the garden", so she began to call her that.Huanhua heard them talking, and ran towards them. After a closer look, this person was indeed Liuli who had changed her makeup, and hurriedly beckoned Ruimin over: "Min'er can't be called that, you have to be called Aunt Jiu." Ruimin He curled his lips and ran away unwillingly.

Liuli also saw them clearly, and was walking here.

Yuhua and the others stopped their movements and looked at her with various eyes.Yanhua sneered: "Hey, isn't it too sick to get out of bed? Why do you hear that there are delicious and interesting things, and they come out quickly!" Huanhua glared at her: "Only you, the fifth girl, are noble. !" After saying that, he walked up to Liu Li: "You are finally healed! Today we are enjoying flowers and drinking in the garden, and the old ladies and wives will come later! I just called someone to invite you. coming!"

Liuli asked Shuangxi to hand over the birthday gift, "It's just a good time for the old lady to come. I haven't paid her respects for a long time."

(End of this chapter)