Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 23 What does Cousin Tingzhou want?
Su Xi waited for a while, but did not hear any response.

The surroundings were quiet, only the sound of whirling tree shadows overhead, Tingyan and Tinghe didn't know what to do behind them, there was no movement at all.Su Xi covered her eyes and couldn't see the situation clearly. She waited anxiously, so she quietly moved her hand down, revealing only a pair of big black eyes, and looked into the octagonal pavilion through the gap between her fingers.

When he looked up, he saw that Wei Yan had already stood in front of him at some point.

Wei Yan happened to be looking at her leisurely, with a faint smile on his lips.

Su Xi was startled, and retreated reflexively, but forgot that she had sprained her foot, and her movement pulled the wound on her foot, and she frowned and couldn't help but choked up a sob.

Ting He and Ting Yan came up to support her, Ting Yan was worried that Su Xi would be misunderstood by Wei Feng, so he took the initiative to explain to Wei Feng: "Wei Shizi, our girl just sprained her foot, and she wanted to come to this pavilion to rest for a while. It's about talking with Miss Yin. Please, Mr. Wei, let us sit in the pavilion for a while."

Wei Yan's eyes drooped and landed on Su Xi's feet.

Su Xi is wearing a pair of cherry pink embroidered shoes with bee and butterfly embroidered patterns today. The shoes are hidden under the moon-white embroidered skirt, only a pair of small and exquisite toe caps are exposed, and three bright oriental beads are adorned on the toe caps. , Those little feet are even more indescribably cute.

Su Xi retracted her feet uncomfortably, and said in a low voice, a little annoyed and at a loss: "Cousin Tingzhou, I won't tell others." Fen is so smart, so he must be able to tell at a glance. If he is worried about her talking nonsense after going out, then she should make a statement first, and he should let her go, right?
If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have eavesdropped because of curiosity for a while. It would be too late for Su Xi to regret it now. I hope Wei Yan can see it because of her sprained foot and not care about it like her.

Wei Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, and the sound of "Cousin Tingzhou" brought back many memories for him.That little girl with a dirty, pink and round face who rubbed against the Sutra Pavilion seemed to be still yesterday, looking at him with wide eyes uneasily, and now she has grown into an astonishingly beautiful little girl. The eyes remained unchanged, they were big and bright, and they seemed to be able to speak.

Wei Yan was quiet, and teased, "Didn't Cousin Xi hear anything?"

Su Xi blushed, thinking that Wei Feng remembered it very clearly, she just said it casually, besides, he and Yin Qiqi were standing in the pavilion talking without deliberately avoiding people's eyes and ears, so it was inevitable that she would see him.She said: "I really didn't hear it, it's too far away." I just saw it.

Wei Yan smiled lightly, and quickly disappeared again, "I leave the pavilion to you, and I will order people to guard it."

Su Xi blinked and blinked, a little in disbelief that Wei Feng was so easy to talk to, until his figure really walked away, she breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Tinghe and Tingyan: "Help me to sit in the pavilion." .”

The two helped Su Xi into the octagonal pavilion, and when Su Xi sat on the stone bench, Yan Yan couldn't help but say: "Girl, Miss Yin is so courageous, there are so many people ahead, how dare she... Pass the sachet to Wei Shizi." The word "private meeting" chewed for a while, but still didn't say it.

Ting Yan has followed Su Xi for seven or eight years, and her nerves are thicker, so she talks more casually with Su Xi.

Su Xi looked around and saw no one else. It seemed that Wei Yan had really ordered someone to guard this place, so he let Ting Yan and Ting He stand in front of him, and raised his skirt while saying, "Sister Qi, are you brave enough? It has nothing to do with us to pass the sachet to. Sister Yan, it’s fine if you say these things in front of me, and you can’t talk nonsense when you leave the pavilion.”

Only then did Ting Yan realize that he had talked too much, and after saying yes, he squatted down, gently took off Su Xi's shoes and socks, and checked her injuries.Ting Yan has practiced martial arts all year round, and injuries from bruises are common, so such small sprains will naturally be seen.

I saw Su Xi's bright white Shengxue's ankle exposed in the air. The skin was so white that it was almost transparent, and the blood vessels under the skin could be seen, which were so fragile that they seemed to break with a twist.There was a red spot at the moment, it was really a sprain, Ting Yan observed it carefully, and said to Su Xi: "Girl, this servant will give you a couple of massages first, it won't hurt so much, you should bear with it first. "

As soon as Su Xi nodded her head, Ting Yan's hands started to move, left and right, even if Su Xi was prepared in her heart, she couldn't help tearing up from the pain, and shouted again and again: "Easy, light... ...Wow, it hurts to death."

Listening to Yan Yan's words, she lightened her strength, but Su Xi still felt the pain.

After a while, Ting Yan finally had a massage. "Miss, try it again? There is no medicinal wine here. After returning to the mansion, the servant will serve you some medicinal wine. You will be fine in a few days."

There were tears in Su Xi's eyes, and she almost couldn't hold back and rolled down. It didn't hurt much at first, but it hurt even more when Ting Yan pinched her just now.Su Xi turned her ankle suspiciously, then turned it again, and said pleasantly, "It doesn't seem to hurt much."

Ting Yan smiled and said: "Ting Lu is not here, this kind of injury can also be solved by servants, let her take a good look at it after returning to the mansion." Ting Lu is the most proficient in medical skills among the four maids.

Su Xi nodded, and was about to tell Tinghe to go ahead and tell Tang Wan and Yu Baotong that her ankle was sprained, and she might have to return home early, when she looked up and saw a figure at the end of the path outside the Bajiao Pavilion, dressed in azure-colored Fu, it was Wei Feng who left just now.

Su Xi hurriedly let Ting He and Ting Yan stand in front of her, and hurriedly put on white silk socks. Just as she put on her embroidered shoes, she heard Wei Feng's footsteps coming outside the pavilion. He said softly, "Cousin Xi's foot injury Is it serious?"

Su Xi stuck her head out from behind Ting Yan, stared at Wei Feng with dark eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's healed, thank you cousin Ting Zhou for your concern." After struggling for a while, she still couldn't help asking : "Didn't Cousin Tingzhou leave already?" Such a mysterious appearance frightened her quite a bit.

Wei Yan probably heard her subtext, he only hooked his lips but had no other reaction, walked to the stone table, put a small porcelain vase with green glaze and lotus pattern on the table, and said to Su Xi: "This It's blood-activating ointment, ask your servant girl to apply some on you, it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it's good for your foot injury."

...He came to deliver medicine to himself?
Su Xi was a little surprised. Everyone said that Wei Feng was a polite, tolerant, and well-mannered person. However, Su Xi felt that what the world said was wrong. As for what was wrong, she couldn't tell. So simple.Perhaps there was an air of indifference and alienation in Wei Yan, which made her subconsciously think that he was not easy to get close to. Moreover, he had indeed watched her coldly a few times, and now he took the initiative to care about her injury, which surprised her a little.

But Su Xi thought about it again, Wei Feng seems to have helped her paste kites, although it has been more than two years, but she hasn't had time to thank him yet.

Thinking of this, Su Xi grabbed Wei Yan who was about to leave without thinking too much.

Wei Yan's footsteps faltered slightly, and he turned around to look at her hands that were tucking his sleeves together. His fingers were slender, white and tender, and for some reason it reminded him of tender bamboo shoots in spring.The nails were moist and well-trimmed, with a little bit left, but not long, they were rounded and shiny.

Wei Feng thought of Kou Dan, who Yin Qiqi had been dyed with Impatiens flower juice just now, and compared with these hands, she immediately paled in comparison.

"Cousin Tingzhou..." Su Xi pondered for a while, and finally figured out how to speak.

Wei Yan raised his eyes and met Su Xi's eyes, meaning, what else is there?

Su Xi became nervous all of a sudden, her hands clenched his sleeves tightly, as if she was afraid that he would leave just like that, and said in a whisper, "I don't know if you still remember, I lost my way in the bamboo forest of Long'an Mountain two years ago Yes, you saved me in the past and helped me fix the kite. I originally wanted to go to the Prince Jin’s Mansion to thank you, but something happened and I didn’t go... Then my grandfather fell ill, so I forgot this time I don’t know if it’s too late to thank you again today? Cousin Tingzhou, thank you for your help last time.”

The little girl looked serious, as if she was reciting a book in class. For a while, Wei Yan thought that he had become a strict teacher, and found it funny for no reason.

With a faint smile on Wei Feng's lips, he left without haste, and asked, "How do you know that I built that kite?"

Su Xi froze, didn't she?When the servant brought it to her, she subconsciously thought that he had repaired it, or was there someone else?Su Xi hurriedly said: "Even if it wasn't you who repaired it, you helped..." Anyway, in her eyes, it doesn't matter who repaired it, as long as it is repaired it will be fine.

Wei Yan interrupted her and said, "If I did it, how will Cousin Xi plan to thank me?"

Su Xi was so confused by him that he couldn't figure out whether he had repaired it, so he asked, "What does Cousin Tingzhou want?"

Wei Yan bent his lips, and said kindly, "I'll tell Cousin Xi after I've thought it over."

Then he strode away.

Su Xi stood where she was, always feeling that she had fallen into a trap, but after thinking about it, Wei Yan shouldn't make any excessive demands, right?After all, her abilities are limited.Thinking about it this way, Su Xi felt more calm. She picked up the small porcelain bottle on the table, put it under her nose, smelled it, handed it to Ting Yan, and said, "Sister Ting Yan, please help me apply the medicine."

After a while, after taking the medicine, Su Xi felt the coolness of her ankles, which was much better than the pain just now.

Back at the racecourse, the match between Lord Wanping and Lu Huishu was over.

Weng Lord Wanping competed with Lu Huishu seven times, and lost to Lu Huishu seven times by half a horse's body. How could Weng Lord Wanping bear this kind of humiliation.If it's half a horse's body once or twice, it's fine, and it's like this seven times, it means that Lu Huishu's level is far beyond this, and she can well control the gap between herself and Weng Lord Wanping, and has always kept room.

Mrs. Wanping raised his whip and lashed his white velvet horse hard. The horse was frightened and started to run wildly.

Mrs. Wanping took a look at Lu Huishu and snorted, "Don't think that I am great if you win this time. If you have the ability, you can compete with me next time. If you lose, you can crawl around the racecourse on your knees." .”

Lu Huishu rode on the horse, raised her lips, and said with a smile: "What if the Lord Weng loses?"

Lord Wanping's expression changed, and he quickly returned to normal, saying: "Let it be up to you." The reason why Lord Wanping dared to say such a thing was that no one would dare to do anything to her, after all her mother She is Princess Shouchangchang, the most respected elder sister of a compatriot in the world.

Lu Huishu said: "Okay, Lord Weng has made a promise, I will remember it." After saying that, she tugged at the rein and walked back.

In this compartment, Su Xi was about to support Ting Yan's hand to get into the carriage, when she saw Lu Huishu coming on horseback, and stopped firmly in front of her.Su Xi was startled. She thought that she said that she would apologize to her later was a polite word, but she didn't expect it to be true. She said, "Miss Lu."

Lu Huishu jumped off the horse, and walked up to Su Xi with a smile on her face. She saw that Su Xi was standing in a strange posture, quickly put away her smile, and asked, "Miss Su was injured? Did she get hurt when the horse was startled?" of?"

Su Xi didn't want to make a big fuss, since the pain was not serious anyway, and it wasn't Lu Huishu's fault, she pursed her lips and smiled and said, "It's just a twist, just go back and lie down, Miss Lu doesn't have to worry about it."

In the end, Lu Huishu felt guilty, groping around for a long time, took out a white glaze bottle, and handed it to Su Xi, "This is an ointment handed down from my family. It is specially used to treat scratches and injuries. You should remember to apply the medicine when you go back. It should be done soon." Well, it won't leave you with any sequelae."

Su Xi took it. "Thank you Miss Lu."

Lu Huishu said: "Thank me for what? If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be hurt. But it's strange to say that the horse is usually fine, but somehow it went crazy..." Lu Huishu's horse has already been taken away Checked, there is no result yet, presumably it should be soon.

Su Xi glanced at Wengzhu Wanping who was not far away, thought for a while, and asked, "Why does Miss Lu want to compete with Wengzhu Wanping?"

Su Xi knew the character of Lord Wanping, arrogant and rebellious, domineering and arrogant, and could not tolerate even half a word "no".

In her previous life, Su Xi was picked on by Mrs. Wanping. At that time, she was just 13 years old, and she went to the Luhua Garden of the Princess Mansion as a guest. Because she was born chubby, Mrs. Wanping humiliated her with extremely mean words in front of everyone.She can't remember exactly what Master Wanping said, but it's hard to hear, otherwise she wouldn't have had a deep shadow on the Luhua Garden until now, no matter how beautiful the peonies bloom there, she I don't want to step in for a second time.

Speaking of this, Lu Huishu spread her hands helplessly, and said generously: "I passed the handkerchief to Mr. Fu of Duke Qing's mansion, and somehow it reached the ears of Weng Master Wanping." She was stabbed, as if she was afraid that she would snatch Fu Shaoyun away, but in fact Fu Shaoyun didn't pick up her veil at all, even if she had thoughts, it would be useless.

"Uh." Su Xi was startled, and her words froze.

She knew that Mrs. Wanping liked Fu Shaoyun, but she didn't know that there was still such a thing.

But it's a pity that although Lord Wanping had a soft spot for Fu Shaoyun, he finally married someone else. Fu Shaoyun also married the daughter of the Minister of Rites. Su Xi didn't know what was going on with the entanglement. .

Lu Huishu didn't care, and helped Su Xi into the carriage, "Go back quickly and recover from your injuries. Oh, by the way, my brother rented a big boat for the Lantern Festival in a few days, you can come to us Sit on the painting boat? You are a girl from the Su Mansion, I don't know how to call you yet."

Su Xi said: "My name is Su Xi, the ninth in my family."

Lu Huishu asked Su Xi's birth date again, and said with a smile, "You are one year younger than me, so I will call you Sister Xi from now on."

Su Xi said yes, "Sister Shu, then I'll go first."

Lu Huishu watched Su Xi's carriage leave, and when she was far away, she suddenly slapped her forehead and remembered that she hadn't asked Su Xi if she wanted to go to her family's painting boat.

Lu Huishu led the horse back to the gate of the racecourse. Seeing her brother still standing there, looking at the direction the carriage was leaving, she couldn't help stretching out her hand and shaking it in front of Lu Jianghuai, jokingly said: "Brother, don't look, everyone It’s far away, what are you looking at?”

His thoughts were pierced, Lu Jianghuai's face was slightly embarrassed, he looked back at his sister, and pretended to be calm: "Is she the granddaughter of General Su?"

"Since my brother wants to know, why didn't I ask myself just now?" She seldom saw other emotions in her calm and steady brother. Lu Huishu always thought that he had no other hobbies except martial arts and boxing. There are seven emotions and six desires.

Lu Jianghuai said: "It's not good to offend others." He continued to look at Lu Huishu, obviously waiting for her answer.

Lu Huishu had teased him enough, and said with a smile: "Exactly. The General Su that Daddy has been talking about is Miss Su's grandfather. Previously, Daddy always said that he would take you to visit General Su at the Su residence. Wu Tui refused, how is it? Are you so regretful now that your intestines are green?"

Lu Jianghuai didn't say a word, but he was quite sensible, even if he went to the General's Mansion with his father, he might not be able to see the girl in the inner courtyard, so it's hard to say whether he regretted it or not.

It was his fate to meet him today.

After returning to the General's Mansion, Ting Lu showed Su Xi the injured foot.Su Xi took off the silk socks halfway, and rested her thin white calf on the red sandalwood embroidered pier, so that Ting Lu could check the injury.Originally, Dr. Hao was supposed to watch it, but because of the difference between men and women, Ting Lu was Dr. Hao's most proud student, so Ting Lu was allowed to watch it.

Ting Lu said: "Young lady's injury is not serious. After a while, apply cold water and apply some medicine. It will be fine in two days."

Su Xi handed over two small porcelain bottles, the green glaze bottle was from Wei Feng, and the white glaze bottle was from Lu Huishu, "Can these two bottles of medicine be used?"

Hearing Lu took it, he opened it one by one and sniffed it. He was very curious: "This bottle of blood-activating ointment is Baozhitang's unique prescription. It has a miraculous effect on promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It's just that Baozhitang retired to Xinglin several years ago. Now their medicine A bottle is hard to come by, how did the girl get it?"

Unexpectedly, a small bottle of medicine had such a big origin, Su Xi didn't answer Ting Lu's question, but asked another bottle: "What about this one?"

Ting Lu said: "The formula of this bottle of medicine is excellent, and the efficacy is also very good, but compared with Baozhitang's blood-activating ointment, there is still a gap."

Su Xi said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions. In the end, Ting Lu decided to use Baozhitang's blood-activating ointment and put away the other bottle of medicine.

The next day, Su Xi lay on the bed for a long time, Yin Shi came to see her, gave her some medicine herself, and told her not to go to the ground, so as not to leave any sequelae. "I really shouldn't have let you out. Look at you. You were injured as soon as you went out. Why are you so careless? How old are you, you can't even walk."

Su Xi didn't tell Yin the truth because she was afraid that she would be worried, so she only said that she accidentally twisted her foot while walking.Su Xi heard her nagging several times yesterday, and today she was really tired of listening to it, so she got under the quilt and murmured: "Don't talk about it, mother, I will pay attention to it in the future, if you are free, go and accompany her more." Let's accompany Boge."

Brother Bo is five years old this year, and in one year he will go to the Su family's ethnology school to study.

There was nothing Yin could do with her, so he shook his head and went out.

After a while, Tingli pushed Yingluo aside and came in from the outside: "Girl, Miss Fu is here to see you."

Su Xi was lying on the bed with nothing to do, holding a copy of "Rong Zhai Essays" and reading it. Hearing this, she was taken aback for a moment, and then realized which Miss Fu this "Miss Fu" was. She put down the book and said, "Sister Yi, please." come in."

In the past, Fu Yi seldom took the initiative to look at her, and even if he did, he never stepped into her boudoir. They were not so close.

Fu Yi is a person who is proud to the core. She looks friendly on the surface, but she has a high spirit. She used to look down on Su Xi, and she treated Su Xi with a lukewarm attitude.It was the first time since I met at Jingxi Racecourse yesterday that I took a serious look at this little girl. She is very beautiful, with a sense of transparency and spirituality, and she is indescribably charming.Even if he stood in front of her, he might be overshadowed by the comparison.

Fu Yi felt the crisis. In the past two years, she was called "the No. [-] Noble Lady in Shangjing", not only because of her talent and fame, but also because of her good looks.

In the past two years, Su Xi has lived in seclusion. If she goes to a flower banquet, poetry banquet or something in the future, Fu Yi really dare not say whether she can keep the title of "No. [-] noble lady" .Twelve or thirteen years old is already so stunning, if it takes two more years, will it still be worth it?

Therefore, Fu Yi can only preemptively compare Su Xi in terms of talent and name. It is best that when people think of Su Xi in the future, the first impression will be "embroidered pillow".

"Sister Xi." Fu Yi walked into the inner room, looked at the little girl on the bedside, and froze for a moment.

Because she didn't have to go out today, Su Xi didn't comb her hair carefully, and only fixed it with a white pear flower hairpin. Her black and thick hair was draped over her shoulders, and against that delicate little face, it was only the size of a palm. It was really black hair snow Skin, extravagant and greasy.Even if Fu Yi saw her once yesterday, she couldn't help but be amazed again at this moment.

Seeing Fu Yi not making a sound for a while, Su Xi bent over with a faint smile, and said politely, "Why is Sister Yi here?"

Fu Yi regained her senses, and quickly smiled as usual, "I heard that sister Xi was injured yesterday, how is it? Are you feeling better now?"

Su Xi said: "It's much better, how did Sister Yi know that I was injured?" She didn't even tell Tang Wan and Yu Baotong.

"I met Second Brother Su when I entered the mansion just now. I heard about it from him." Fu Yi sat on the red sandalwood five-opened embroidered pier at the head of the bed, and glanced at the book in Su Xi's hand - "Rong Zhai Essays" ".

This book is interesting, but it belongs to the category of idle books, and it is okay to pass the time.

Su Xi followed Fu Yi's gaze down, and said, "The doctor said that I can't go down to the ground. I thought lying down was too boring, so I just picked up a book and read it." Thinking of what Fu Yi said just now, since she didn't come here specifically to read Yes, that means there are other things, she asked: "Sister Yi, is there anything else to do here today?"

Fu Yi nodded and said: "The Shangyuan Festival will be in two days. Sister Qi and I are planning to hold a Shangyuan banquet on the boat on the Xiangshui River. I want to invite Sister Xi to go with me. Are you willing to pay me back?"

Even so, the last half of the sentence directly blocked Su Xi's retreat. If she didn't go, it would be a refusal to honor her and Yin Qiqi.

Su Xi's almond-shaped eyes were curved, and her smile was just right: "Since Sister Yi personally invited me, I will naturally go."

Fu Yi said: "Then we will wait for Sister Xi."

Fu Yi left after sitting for a long time. Su Xi couldn't get out of bed, so she asked Ting Yan and Ting He to see off the guests.

Su Xi recuperated in bed for two days, and on the day before the Shangyuan Festival, she was finally able to walk on the ground.

(End of this chapter)