first princess

Chapter 14
"Sister! You..."

Seeing that Shui Lingxi was about to jump into the trap set by Shui Lingxi again, Qin Fangyi grabbed Shui Lingxi's hand and stopped her next words: "Lingxi, how many times have I told you that your grandmother will never be lingering again?" Sick bed, you have been worrying for so long."

Shui Lingxi was slightly taken aback, but she quickly realized that she shed two tears: "It's my fault, I lost my temper because I was too worried, and I made my elder sister a joke."

"You were right to be worried about your grandmother, but the expression of worry made your grandmother worry about you. It's your fault. You are so straightforward. After you get married, you have to worry about us..." In the end, Qin Fangyi actually Wiping away tears, "If you were half as smart as your elder sister, I wouldn't be so worried."

intelligent?Turning the corner and scolding her that the city is deep and intolerant, so she should care about every detail with an outspoken younger sister.There was a gleam of cold light in Shui Linglong's quiet and deep eyes. It seemed that the short-term balance between Qin Fangyi and her had been completely broken, and I don't know what intensified the progress of the conflict.

The old lady looked at them dubiously.

Qin Fangyi pinched Shui Lingxi's hand, Shui Lingxi understood, stood up, took the Buddhist scriptures from the maid Bai Lan, knelt down in front of the old lady, smiled softly and said: "Lingxi is worried about grandma, sleepless all night, copying I wrote a copy of the "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra" to pray for my grandmother, and I hope that my grandmother will not dislike Lingxi's ugly handwriting, which is hard to catch." The affection is sincere, and there are still tears in the corners of the eyes.

The old lady's heart softened for the most part, she stretched out her hand, and was about to take it, Shui Linglong smiled and said: "Second sister is really, she only cares about her grandmother, and doesn't care about her own body? You copy slowly, and I will give it to my grandmother a few days later. , Grandma won’t blame you, why bother? Staying up late will hurt your health!”

The old lady's eyes turned cold, and she withdrew her hand that was going to get the Buddhist scriptures.

Shui Lingxi's smile froze at the corners of her lips. She said "I can't sleep all night" to win the sympathy of her grandmother, but when she was ridiculed by Shui Linglong, she turned into "hugging Buddha's feet temporarily". It's really disgusting!
Shui Linglong looked at her condescendingly, and said with a smile: "Give it to me, sister, I will take care of it for grandma."

The two sisters grabbed the book at the same time, one was sitting and the other was kneeling, the one sitting sideways was the concubine's daughter, and the one kneeling was the concubine's daughter.Shui Lingxi only felt that it was more embarrassing than losing the literary test champion!She was so angry that her teeth were itchy, and she refused to let go. In the end, it was Qin Fangyi who coughed twice, and she reluctantly gave the book to Shui Linglong.

Shui Linglong opened the Buddhist scriptures and took a look. Hairpin lowercase script is the most favorite font for women in her boudoir.In the previous life, what Xun Feng admired most about Shui Lingxi was not her appearance, but her good handwriting. Xun Feng once praised her: "Lingxi's calligraphy is like a dancing girl arranging flowers, and a lotus is low; shadow; and if the red lotus reflects the water, the green will rule the floating clouds..." It shows that it is tall, elegant, smooth, smooth and thin.Although the words on the Buddhist scriptures in front of me are beautiful, they are not at the same level as Shui Lingxi.

Courage... really big.

Qin Fangyi took a sip of tea, and glanced at Shui Linglong from the corner of her eye. After all, she underestimated this girl. She thought that the old lady didn't have many days to live, and no matter how much Shui Linglong flattered her, she didn't let Lingxi take the share. lively.Unexpectedly, the old lady actually recovered!Shui Linglong performed her filial piety in the loneliest and most difficult time for the old lady, even though it was only a month or so, it surpassed Lingxi's more than ten years!This kind of ability to pull a thousand catties in fours and twos is even inferior to her.

"Old Madam, Mrs. Qin and Second Young Master Qin from the Prime Minister's Mansion are here." The servant girl outside the door reported respectfully.

Qin Fangyi was overjoyed, the haze of the morning was swept away!

The old lady touched the bead flowers on her bun and said, "Please come in."

The old prime minister of Qin had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Qin Huai, was born to his wife. From the Cao family.The Mrs. Qin mentioned by the maid is exactly Qin Che's wife—the Que family.

The Que family is a very shrewd and capable woman. She serves her parents-in-law, manages common affairs, takes care of people and things...all of which are admirable. The only flaw is that she can't give birth to children.Fortunately, she won the heart of her husband. The aunts gave birth to children and raised them all under her knees. After so many years, except for the two young ladies who were really weak and did not survive the age of three, the other children have grown up healthily.

The Que family and Qin Zhixiao opened the curtain and came in. The Que family was over 30 years old, and she looked about [-] years old if she took good care of herself. Her appearance was barely delicate, but her figure was plump. He saluted respectfully: "Old lady, all blessings!"

His eyes flickered slightly when he caught sight of Shui Linglong. Qin and Shui are in-laws. Before the old lady fell ill, the Que family often came and walked around, but he had never seen a daughter other than Shui Lingxi in Fushou Yuan. In my heart, I have a better understanding of Shui Linglong's position in the Shangshu Mansion.

"Don't be too polite." The old lady looked at Qin Zhixiao and smiled kindly, "Zhixiao is already this old, so he will be nineteen this year."

Qin Che has three sons in total, the eldest son is married, the youngest son is engaged, but the second son, Qin Zhixiao, has been ill for several years due to a chronic illness and has delayed his lifelong event. At the age of 19, he has not yet discussed marriage. It is very rare among children.But it doesn't mean that this Qin family princess is not good-looking or has bad conduct. At least on the outside, he is extraordinary, handsome and suave, and there has never been any bad deeds.

Qin Zhixiao smiled politely: "If you go back to the old lady, she just turned nineteen last month."

The old lady raised her eyebrows, smiled and asked Mama Wang to show them the seats.

Qin Fangyi stood up and bowed to the Que family: "Sister-in-law."

Qin Zhixiao greeted Qin Fangyi: "Auntie!"

Immediately afterwards, Shui Linglong and Shui Lingxi greeted the Que family and Qin Zhixiao.

Once the red tape is down, the work of half a cup of tea is also over.

The Que family took Qin Zhixiao to sit down on the chair, and did not show too much enthusiasm for Shui Linglong when they met for the first time. She looked at the old lady and said with a smile: "I heard that the old lady recovered. I'm so happy, unfortunately, my mother just caught a cold and couldn't go out, otherwise she would have come to congratulate you in person."

"I didn't plan to say anything about it. I'm old. Even if there is no disease or disaster, there is not much time left. It's just you who can't control your mouth. It makes my in-laws and wife worry about me." Finally The sentence was obviously addressed to Qin Fangyi, the words were reproachful, but the tone was gentle and gentle, it was not difficult to hear that she was somewhat satisfied with the fact that the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion came to celebrate her recovery.

Qin Fangyi smiled, feeling much happier.

Shui Linglong was somewhat puzzled. Although the Qin family was not comparable to the top ten families, it was indeed a leader in the literary world. She never looked at the Shui family very seriously. She even suspected that the Prime Minister's Mansion was entirely aimed at the Shui family and the prince's baby family. Only then did the prostitute's daughter marry Shui Hangge.It stands to reason that the old lady is cured, and they sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, which is considered a courtesy, why come to the door in person?
The Que family said: "I have heard that the old lady likes to raise fish, so I ordered someone to buy two pairs of cinnabar swords. I don't know if the old lady likes it or not."

"Oh?" The old lady showed a look of anticipation.

Qin Zhixiao went to the door in person, and brought in an emerald fish tank. He walked up to the old lady and Shui Linglong, and smiled slightly, just like a ray of spring sun hitting directly, warming people's hearts, and his voice was very sharp and pleasant : "Madam, Cousin Linglong, take a look."

The cinnabar sword is red all over, like a few balls of flames running under the water, and the tail of the fish really shakes like a sharp sword, showing the color of the sword's light and sword.The old lady knew at a glance that these were top-quality cinnabar swords, she couldn't help but couldn't put it down, so she asked Mama Wang to put the fish tank in her bedroom.

At this time, Qin Fangyi frowned, thoughtful.

Que asked, "Fang Yi, what do you think is wrong?"

Qin Fangyi said: "The fish are pretty good, but I just think that the red fish doesn't go well with the emerald fish tank."

"Ouch!" Que patted his forehead, although he looked embarrassed to have messed up something, but in Shui Linglong's eyes, that was not the case at all, and the corners of Shui Linglong's lips curled into a faint twitch. Curved, I heard Que's loud voice, "This is my negligence, I was only focused on buying fish, and didn't remember to equip a decent fish tank!"

Qin Zhixiao hurriedly stood up: "I'll go buy one."

Shui Lingxi smiled and suggested: "I remember that Madam Wu gave us a set of crystal vessels from Persia not long ago. They are translucent and beautiful. Why don't you choose a bigger one to make a fish tank?"

Using such expensive utensils as a fish tank is really wasteful, but the old lady didn't say anything against it.

Qin Fangyi put down the teacup, and said very generously: "Mother Zhao, take my key and go to the warehouse to bring the wooden box containing the crystal utensils."

The broken jade curtain swayed, Mother Zhao bowed and retreated, Shui Linglong raised her head and glanced, only to feel that the colorful colors dazzled so much that people couldn't open her eyes, she frowned, unable to figure out the mystery behind the incident.

At this time, the Que family spoke again: "Why don't you see the third, fourth and fifth misses? The last time I saw them was several years ago, and I don't know if they have changed now. I went to the street a few days ago to buy I bought some jewellery, and I want to give it to my nieces."

The old lady already vaguely felt that the other party did not come simply to congratulate her on her recovery, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed that she was tricked by someone but she didn't realize it in time, especially at the beginning she was quite happy, but now there is a hint of embarrassment. Angry, she suppressed her anger and said in her usual tone: "Mother Wang, is Fourth Miss better? If she is fine, let her sit with Third Miss and Fifth Miss."

Shui Lingyue was banned from the Buddhist hall, and only claimed to be resting.

Mama Wang certainly understood what the old lady meant. If the old lady really wanted Miss Fourth to appear, she would not have asked any more questions. She respectfully replied: "Not yet. The doctor said it was cold, and Miss Fourth must not let the wind blow."

The old lady nodded, and Mama Wang went out to invite Shui Lingyu and Shui Lingqing.

At this moment, Shui Linglong seemed to have a little understanding of Que's and Qin Fangyi's plans.But they played tricks on the old lady in such a grand manner, obviously they didn't take the old lady seriously. Thinking about it, it is right. Compared with the famous century-old family, the ancestors of the Shui family only produced three or two scholars. Ge is a certain nouveau riche, how can they respect the old lady from the bottom of their hearts?Qin Fangyi probably really had a husband and wife relationship with Shui Hangge, but the Qin family only bet on the treasure of the princess from the beginning.It's just that they would never have imagined that this old lady who had struggled on the death line for several years and finally crawled back from the gate of hell was no longer the kind old man who was gentle and even swallowed her anger back then.

Not long after, Shui Lingyu and Shui Lingqing came. Shui Lingyu and Shui Lingyue were the same age. Compared with Shui Lingyue's beauty, Shui Lingyu looked more gentle and demure. Que showed a delighted smile: "Third Miss is really growing more and more beautiful. I don't know how beautiful she will be in two years."

Qin Zhixiao looked at Shui Lingyu with enthusiasm.

Shui Lingyu glanced at Qin Zhixiao, then lowered her head shyly.

As for Shui Lingqing, she didn't understand at all, and she didn't understand why her grandmother allowed them to pay her respects for the first time.

Shui Linglong's indifferent eyes swept across Qin Zhixiao and Shui Lingyu. A concubine, a concubine, and cousins ​​in name, were indeed a match made in heaven.The prime minister's mansion has no legitimate sons, and Shui Lingyu never got married in the past, just by looking at her sister-in-law's face. For Shui Lingyu, this marriage can be met but not sought.In her memory, Shui Lingyu was promised to the third prince as a side concubine.No matter how prominent the prince's side concubine is, she is still a concubine, far less reliable than the daughter-in-law of the prime minister's mansion.I don't know, when did Qin Fangyi become so generous?
A few people chatted and laughed, Mother Zhao ordered the servant from the warehouse to carry the box in. The family style of the Shangshu Mansion is strict, and the inner courtyard is divided into the inner house and the miscellaneous courtyard. The dining room and the warehouse are all in the miscellaneous courtyard. With the permission of the couple, the servants are not allowed to enter the inner house.

After putting down the box, the two immediately retreated to the door to guard.

Zhao's mother happily opened the box. Unexpectedly, as soon as she put her hand in, she pulled it back reflexively: "Ah! What's the matter?"

Everyone couldn't help being stunned. Mother Wang walked over and took a look in, and was also surprised: "There are so many termites! My God! How could this happen?"

Termites, a type of insect, feed on wood fibers. They are most active in summer and slightly slower in winter, but not without them. Termites are the most numerous in dark and fixed places.

While speaking, many termites had crawled out of the box, Shui Lingqing was timid, and burst into tears with a "wow".

The old lady glared at her fiercely, she was so frightened that she hurriedly fell silent, only shedding tears silently.

Qin Zhixiao took out a handkerchief and wiped her face, smiling gently and kindly: "Cousin Lingqing, don't cry."

Where is the old lady still in the mood to choose a fish tank?He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Why don't you take it out soon?"

Hearing this, the boy at the door opened the curtain and came in immediately, and carried the box back to the warehouse.

Qin Fangyi let out a long breath, if she really wanted to give these precious crystals to the old lady, she would die of heartache!
She patted her chest and said with great self-reproach: "It was my negligence. Termites are afraid of light and like wood that cannot be moved. I should have people take out the boxes and boards to dry in the sun every now and then, so that it will not be damaged. Such a disaster happened."

The old lady snorted coldly: "It's not that you were negligent? A good house will be managed like this for you!"

Qin Fangyi choked, she didn't expect that the old lady would show no mercy to her in front of the people of the prime minister's residence.Her face was cramped with anger, but she didn't dare to talk back to the old lady blatantly: "Yes, mother, my daughter-in-law will pay attention to it in the future."

Shui Linglong took a sip of tea, but it was nothing more than a box of termites, so the old lady scolded Qin Fangyi for not taking good care of the house.

The Que family sighed, and said: "If it's a warehouse, it's fine. I'm afraid that there are such dirty things in the courtyards of the masters. How can it be good? Especially, the houses of the eldest and second young masters have not been occupied for a long time, and they don't know what to do. ..."

The old lady loved her grandson the most, and she ordered without even thinking about it: "Let the servants move all the boxes and cabinets in the yard of the two young masters out to dry in the sun! Buy some insect repellent powder and sprinkle it in the corner!"

Qin Fangyi suggested: "Mother, the sun is shining today, why don't you clean up the yards of the big guys, the young ladies, and Aunt Zhou's, don't be sloppy."

Aunt Zhou is pregnant!
The old lady nodded: "You should hurry up and deal with this matter."

The old lady, Qin Fangyi, three aunts, two young masters, and five young ladies, the yards of so many people had to be cleaned up. Not enough, so I opened the second entrance door and called in the servants from the outer courtyard. Of course, in order to prevent some people from getting dirty hands and feet, a special maid and the mother in charge were left in the yard to watch, and the ladies got amnesty and went to the outer courtyard , Avoid contact with the boys.

When crossing the threshold of Fushouyuan, Shui Lingyu accidentally slipped on the soles of her feet and fell straight ahead. Qin Zhixiao quickly supported her, Shui Lingyu blushed, and Qin Zhixiao said softly: " Lingyu, be careful."

It was Lingyu, not Lingyu's cousin, and Shui Lingyu was so elated that she dragged Shui Lingqing away.

Looking at Qin Zhixiao's back, Que Shi said with a smile: "Old Madam, I think these two children are quite compatible."

The old lady smiled, as if she didn't understand her voice-over.

After leaving the Fushouyuan, the servants have already poured into the inner house one after another, those who carried the boxes carried the boxes, those who moved the cabinets moved the cabinets, and some even dismantled the beds and took the boards out to dry... Shui Linglong seemed to fall into it in an instant. The chaotic Shangshu Mansion showed a thoughtful expression.

The outer courtyard of the Shangshu Mansion is very spacious. There are banquet halls, gardens, orchards, pavilions, waterside pavilions, corridors and rocks for guests. One of them found a secluded courtyard and began to practice calligraphy with a pen, but there was too much movement in the inner house, even though it was so far away, she could still hear the sound of heavy objects falling and the servants shouting.

Liu Lu frowned: "Really! A box of termites has pulled out so many things! Is it troublesome?"

(End of this chapter)