Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 3
After the little nephew left, the elder brother felt depressed and guilty for a while.Su Li believed that he had not fulfilled his duties as a father and neglected the child, which caused Su Baiyu to fall into the ice pond in the cold winter months, with a persistent high fever and finally lost his life.

Su Li and Luo Shi had a very good relationship. After Luo Shi left, he didn't continue for a long time.In addition, Su Li had just been promoted to the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and there were many entertainments in the official circle, so he had even less time to accompany Su Baiyu.It's not surprising that this child has no mother since he was a child, and he has developed his current temperament.

Su Li has always felt guilty about this child, and he wanted to make it up to him in the future, but he didn't even have the chance to make it up.

Falling into the water was an accident, Su Baiyu's wet nurse Cui Shi's daughter got married, Cui Shi took a day off to go home, and two maids and a nanny looked after Su Baiyu that day.The nanny was lazy, thinking that Su Baiyu was quiet and nothing would happen, so she joined the other three nanny at the table to play leaf cards.The two maids looked at Su Baiyu. Su Baiyu wanted to play by the lake in the backyard, but the maids did not dare to stop him, and followed behind him step by step.One girl had a stomachache and ran back and forth several times, leaving only one girl guarding Su Baiyu. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Su Baiyu slipped and fell into the lake.

The little girl couldn't swim, her face was pale with shock, and she hurried to call someone nearby.

The water in early spring was the coldest time, and when Su Baiyu was rescued, the little guy's face was already blue.

Afterwards, the high fever persisted, and on the third morning, that small body lay on the bed, not breathing.

Mrs. Yin severely punished all the servants of Molin Academy, even Mrs. Cui, Su Baiyu's wet nurse. Without the little master, naturally he would not be able to survive.

Standing in front of the window, Su Xi tried hard to recall the appearance of those two girls and the nanny. Although they had done nothing wrong now, they could no longer stay in Su's residence.

Hearing Lu came in with a copper bowl, seeing Su Xi's strange posture, he couldn't help being taken aback: "Girl, what are you doing?"

The little girl by the window is standing upright with one leg, the other leg hooked behind her, her arms raised, her hands clasped together in front of her chest, and a sweet white porcelain peony pattern bowl on her head.Su Xi turned her head slowly, and the sweet white porcelain bowl on her head turned with her. She had stood for too long, her hands, feet and neck were a little sore, but she persisted with her teeth clenched. A bead of sweat.Su Xi stabilized her body, gasped slightly, and said, "Xiashi."

Tinglu: "..."

This is what Ye Momo taught Su Xi. She said that practicing for a quarter of an hour a day can not only shape her posture, but also lengthen her posture. After a long time, the posture of a noble lady will come out.In her previous life, Su Xi was not tall, and she stopped growing after the age of 12. Standing next to girls of the same age, she immediately paled in comparison. No wonder Fu Shaoyun always called her "Little Winter Melon".Fu Shaoyun is tall and has long legs. Compared with him, isn't he just a wax gourd?

Su Xi was not convinced.After standing up, she went to the couch to do three more sets of movements, still taught by Ye Momo, the movements were very simple, one leg was raised and then slowly lowered, and the two legs alternated, so that both the waist and the body could be thinned leg.Two quarters of an hour later, Su Xi was so tired that she was out of breath, stretched her legs and sat up on the couch.She wanted to lie down and rest, but she was afraid that her success would be in vain, so she finally left the bed reluctantly, took the handkerchief Lu handed over to wipe off her sweat, and after a while, said: "Tomorrow, you go to Molin Courtyard, Said that I miss Pagoer and want to take Bogoer to live in Hualutianxiang for a while."

The girls of the Su family were delicate and delicate, Su Xi lived apart from her parents after she was eight years old, and "Flower Dew Tianxiang" was her own small courtyard.

Su Xi had already made up her mind, since she didn't know why Su Baiyu fell into the water, the only way to prevent him from accidents was to bring him to her side and pay attention to it every day.After the Lantern Festival, maybe Su Baiyu will not go early in this life.

Ting Lu was puzzled: "But you are not..." Have you never cared much about the young master?

Su Xi knew what Ting Lu was wondering about, but she pretended not to understand, blinked her watery eyes, and said softly, "Huh?"

Listening to the crane, she was at a loss for words, looking at her daughter Yu Nen's tender cheeks, which were slightly flushed due to exercise, she said: "Yes, my servant will go tomorrow morning."

In the early morning of the next day, after Su Xi got up to wash and wash, she ran two big circles around Hualutianxiang.In the past, she would never sit if she could lie down, and never walk if she could sit. The standard lazy persimmon has now started running for the first time, which shocked Hualutianxiang's servants and their jaws dropped.

Su Xi was wearing a grape purple crepe trimmed jacket, and for convenience, she wore a pair of Hufu narrow-leg trousers underneath. She just stopped and wanted to rest for a while before running, but she looked at Madam Ye on the verandah.Feeling guilty, Su Xi forced herself to finish the remaining half lap.

Su Xi suggested running, but she regretted it before running far.If it wasn't for Ye Momo who was always watching from the side, she really wouldn't be able to hold on.

After running, Su Xi went to the clean room to take a shower, and when she came out, she changed into a blue shirt embroidered with butterfly flowers, sat behind the round table, and began to have breakfast.

Su Xi ate half a bowl of green rice porridge, two crystal winter melon dumplings, a piece of Poria cocos cake, and wanted to eat another bite of sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root, but Mother Ye coughed softly beside her.Su Xi's chopsticks were halfway up, she looked at the white and glutinous sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root, maybe she had exercised too much in the morning, and now she was a little hungry.She withdrew her anxious gaze, turned her head to look at Ye Momo, thought for a while, and said in a deliberate tone: "Mom, can I just take one bite?"

Mother Ye lowered her hands, and said sternly and selflessly: "If the girl eats this, all her steps this morning will be in vain."

"..." These words were the most effective. Su Xi put down her chopsticks cruelly.

When Lu came back from the outside, he saw Su Xi was rinsing his mouth, and hurried over to hold a moon-white glazed teacup, and said, "Girl, I have asked about this at the Mo Lin Court, and the uncle heard that you want to take the young master to live here, so I am worried about you." If you can't take care of it, you don't agree."

Although Hearing Lu's words were very euphemistic, Su Xi still heard the implication.I'm afraid it's not that the elder brother disagrees, but that little guy Su Baiyu refuses to come, right?That child is very weird, ordinary children of his age are innocent and lively, but he is like a gourd, not saying a word all day, let alone interacting with others.Su Xi didn't get along with him very much before, and now he naturally doesn't want to come to Hualutianxiang.

Su Xi didn't know it was a disease.She thought about it, and decided to go to the Molin Courtyard herself. Even if Bo Geer had a bad temper, she couldn't just wait for something to happen to him.

Su Xi put on a scarlet cloak embroidered with peony patterns, and walked outside: "Come with me to the Molin Courtyard."

Hearing Lu nodded and followed.

The Molin Courtyard was built in the outer courtyard, and when Su Xi arrived, he just caught up with Su Li and went out.Su Li was wearing a black fur cloak, and a jade pendant with double rings of jasper hung from his waist. Su Li's appearance followed that of the great master Su Zhen, with straight eyebrows and handsome features. This way of dressing made him look slender and straight, like pine trees and cypresses.

When Su Li saw Su Xi, he stopped, "Youyou."

Su Xi took two steps forward, "Brother, are you going out?"

Su Li said: "Some entertainment." Su Li remembered what the girl who was in the flower dew and fragrant in the morning said, his thin lips curved slightly, and he looked at Su Xi, "Why did you think of taking Pagoer to live with you?"

When Su Xi came, she had already thought up her words on the way, and seeing that Su Li was about to go out now, she felt even more confident. "Second brother treats me like a child, and gave me a big box of gadgets. I don't need it, so I want to give it to Brother Bo to play with." When she looked at Su Li, she had to look up and said that she was Not a child, but how big can it actually be? "Besides, today is the first day of the new year, and my elder brother is going out. It's so pitiful for Brother Bai to be alone at home. Why don't you come and stay with me for a few days, since you can keep me company, and your elder brother doesn't have to worry about you all the time when you're outside."

The second half of the sentence is on point.Su Li already felt guilty, and even if he was away from home, he couldn't rest assured. Brother Bai only wanted to talk to him, but the people around him ignored him. Sometimes even Su Li didn't know what his three-year-old son was thinking.Su Li said: "Alright, if you can persuade him, let him live with you in the inner courtyard in the next few days."

Su Xi readily agreed, and after watching Su Li leave, she walked into the Mo Lin Courtyard.

There were not many servants in the Molin Academy, and the maid who was sweeping and sweeping hurriedly put down the broom and saluted when she saw Su Xi, "Miss Nine."

Su Xi asked, "Where's Brother Pagoda?"

The rough envoy girl said: "The young master is in the room."

Su Xi remembered Su Baiyu's room. Although she hadn't been there for many years, she was deeply impressed by every plant and tree in Su's mansion.Su Xi came to the door of Dongci Room, and there was a woman in silver-red bijia standing outside the door, who was Cui Shi, Pago'er's wet nurse.

When Cui saw Su Xi, she was slightly surprised, "Miss Nine."

Su Xi said, "Brother Bai is inside?"

Mrs. Cui said yes, and immediately seemed to have something to say, but she hesitated, and finally said: "Miss Nine, forgive me... Brother Bai has no mother, and he is a bit different from the children next to him. Miss Nine, as Bai My brother's aunt, if you have time, please take care of him. This child is poor, although he doesn't say anything, but I can see that he wants to be accompanied by others. "

Su Xi said: "I'm here to pick him up today." As he spoke, he pushed open the mullion door in front of him.

The windows in the room were clear and clean, and Su Xi saw Su Baiyu sitting on the couch by the window at a glance.Hearing the sound, Su Baiyu turned his head to look at the door, stared at Su Xi with his dark eyes for a while, then lowered his head calmly, and continued to fiddle with the things in his hand.

Su Xi walked up to him, only to see that he was playing with a 24 Luban lock.

Su Xi was not in a hurry to call him, and sat across from him, resting her chin on her hands and quietly watching him disassemble and assemble the Luban lock.I don't know who gave him this lock. Can a three-year-old child play with this thing?Su Xi thought that he was just playing with it casually, but unexpectedly, this little guy successfully disassembled and assembled the 24 lock in just a quarter of an hour!
You know, Su Xi didn't learn how to spell 24 locks until she was eight years old!

Su Xi asked him, "Who taught you this?"

Su Baiyu lowered his eyes and ignored her.

Su Xi said again: "What else do you know, can you know the plum blossom lock? What about the Eighteen Arhats?" Su Xi's face was full of surprise and joy, her almond eyes were round and round, which was a little inconceivable.Xu Shi thought of something, so she simply sat down beside Su Baiyu, looked down at him with a smile on her face, and said, "Do you know Huarong Tao? How many solutions do you know? I know 36 kinds. Let's compare some other day?"

Su Baiyu raised his head, and was finally willing to look at her, his delicate face was slightly tense, and he didn't know what he was thinking.Not long after, he lowered his head again, pinching the Luban lock with his fleshy little hands, and remained silent.

Su Xi didn't care, and looked up around the room.There are not many things in the room, most of them are children's playthings, and there is an eagle kite on the elm red lacquered wardrobe opposite.After flying for a long time, a layer of dust accumulated on the kite.

Su Xi lowered her eyes, looked at the top of Su Baiyu's head, and suddenly wanted to touch his head.She said: "I want to go to the backyard to fly a kite tomorrow, will you go with me? It just snowed yesterday, we can also roast sparrows, and the sparrows roasted by Tinghe are the best. Make sure you eat it once and then come again." I can’t forget it either.” As he spoke, he made himself greedy.Su Xi licked the corner of her mouth, thought about it, and asked, "Can you catch sparrows? Why don't I teach you how to catch sparrows first?"

Su Baiyu pursed her pink lips, and her long eyelashes were like an unfurled fan.He remained motionless for a long time before he spoke slowly, "...noisy."

There was a snowfall at night, and the next day when the snow stopped, the courtyard was covered with a thick layer of white.

Su Xi went to Yin's first, and told about her going to the Molin Courtyard yesterday, and said that the servants of the Molin Courtyard were not dedicated, and only Nanny Cui could be seen in the courtyard, and no one else knew about it. Where did it go.

Yin nodded approvingly: "There is no mistress in the courtyard, and the servants are easy to loosen up. It's time to beat and beat. After a while, I will talk to Steward Wang and change all the servants of the Molin Academy, and re-select people. Then, Madam Lu, please train her well." Madam Lu is a very embarrassing nanny by Yin's side.

Su Xi put aside a concern, and after returning home, under the supervision of Nanny Ye, she finished her run, and then did another half an hour of molding the instrument.After grooming and coming out of the clean room, Ting Yan wiped her hair and said: "Girl, I heard that the people from Qing Guogong's mansion are here today, Mr. Fu and Mrs. Fu are also here, Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Da are accompanying the guests in the front hall Woolen cloth."

Su Xi's hands are prone to cold, and she was applying begonia honey ointment on her hands. Hearing this, she paused, and turned her head to look at Ting Yan: "Cousin Shaoyun is here too?"

Ting Yan nodded, "The uncle is visiting the garden with Mr. Fu."

Su Xi said "Oh" slowly, indicating that she understood.After her hair dried, she asked Ting Yan to comb herself into a double-snail bun, and was going to visit Su Baiyu in the next room.

Although Su Baiyu said she was noisy yesterday, he obediently followed her to Hualutianxiang in the end.

As soon as Su Xi went out, she saw Su Baiyu standing in the porch wearing a royal blue jacket, with her head bowed slightly.Seeing Su Xi coming out, he raised his face, looked at Ting Yan and Ting He behind Su Xi, and after a while he reminded: "Catch the sparrow."

Su Xi just didn't want to go to the front hall very much, so she asked Ting Yan to prepare tools for catching sparrows.Not long after, Ting Yan brought a bowl of millet, set up a basket with a wooden stick, tied one end of the red string to the wooden stick, and put the other end in Su Baiyu's hand.

Ting Yan sprinkled a handful of millet under the bamboo basket, and Ting He went back to the house and moved two small scorpions.Su Xi and Su Baiyu sat side by side on the porch. They waited for a long time before a sparrow flew over with flapping wings and landed under the basket full of millet.

Su Xi's eyes lit up, and she reminded, "Brother Bai."

Su Baiyu secretly grasped the rope tightly, and was about to pull the rope at the right moment——suddenly, a pair of dark-colored embroidered gold-embroidered soap boots stepped on the snow, and at the same time, a clear and pleasant voice sounded: "Youyou."

Su Xi looked up at the sound.

Fu Shaoyun stood a few steps away, wearing a cloak with ivory-white embroidered gold honeysuckle pattern, tall and tall, with a clear and bony appearance, looking at her with a pair of peach blossom eyes with a smile.

Before Su Xi could make a sound, the sparrow that had finally been caught was startled by his voice, flapped its wings twice, and flew away in a panic.

(End of this chapter)