Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 30

The old lady was ready to take a rest, but she sat up from the bed when she heard the message from the servants, and went to the hall to receive Wu Er.

Wu Er stood in the middle of the main room, handing Su Lingrong's handkerchief to the old lady, saying that he and the fourth girl in your mansion hit it off and made a private decision for life, and hoped that the old lady could help both of them.Seeing that Su Lingrong's small characters were really embroidered on the handkerchief, the old lady rolled her eyes angrily, and she lost her temper right then.

Nanny Li hurriedly invited Dr. Hao over.

Doctor Hao had just pinched the old lady and rescued her, and the people from the first room, the second room and the third room also came after hearing the news.

As soon as Su Lingrong saw Wu Dao, she knew something was wrong. Seeing that he was holding her handkerchief, her face turned pale, her lips trembled, and she said incoherently, "You, you disciple! Will there be my veil in it? Who gave it to you?"

Wu Dao chuckled, folded the handkerchief and stuffed it back into his lapel, and said, "Fourth Miss, did you forget? You gave me this handkerchief when you saw me today, and you asked the servant girl to bring me a message. What, you forgot so soon?"

Su Lingrong said firmly: "Nonsense, when did I give you a handkerchief? Don't stain my innocence, come... quickly, get him out of here."

Wu Dao stood quite steady, and said: "Miss Si turned her face and turned her face away in a blink of an eye, which really hurt Wu's heart. When Miss Si came to see me today, didn't she give me this handkerchief to help you with something? Is it just that the ninth girl is too young, and Wu doesn't have that kind of hobby, but the fourth girl is more suitable for Wu, so this handkerchief will be used as a token of love between the two of us, another day..."

Su Lingrong couldn't listen anymore, she raised her hand and slapped him across the face, gritted her teeth and said, "You, shut up."

The old lady in that room had already understood everything, looked at Su Lingrong in disbelief, and said with trembling hands: "Sister Rong, what he said is true? You, you want him... He and Sister Xi..." The second half of the sentence can't go on.

Su Lingrong shook her head in panic, and denied: "No, old ancestor, he slandered me, I clearly don't know him..."

Wu Dao was slapped, and gritted his teeth silently. If he hadn't been threatened by Jin Wangshizi Wei Wei, he would not have been willing to take this muddy water.The handkerchief was indeed not given to him by Su Lingrong. Su Lingrong was not so stupid. He took it when she was not paying attention. At that time, he only wanted to hide a piece of handkerchief so that he could take it out to play with in the future. It came in handy.Now who still has those charming thoughts, if he really marries Su Lingrong home, he will definitely not be able to spare this woman and hurt him badly.

I thought it was a cloud and rain in Wushan, but who knew that the boat capsized in the gutter, and it made me feel fishy instead.

Wu Dao grinned, and said: "Is it slander, you can find out by calling the maid next to the fourth girl. What is the maid's name, Caishan? Ai, I have a really good memory."

The old lady slammed the floor with a cloud pattern crutch and said angrily, "Sister Rong!"

Su Lingrong panicked, knowing that this time she was at a loss for words, she grasped her hand, but couldn't speak.

Guo saw that her daughter had made a big mistake, so she knelt on the ground and pleaded with the old lady: "Mother, Sister Rong is young and ignorant, so please forgive her this time... I will definitely treat her well in the future." Discipline her, Sister Rong, come quickly, admit your mistake to the old ancestor, and beg the old ancestor to show mercy."

Mrs. Guo tugged at her daughter's hand, but seeing her numb, she couldn't help but anxiously said: "Sister Rong!"

"Young?" Yin smiled coldly, her eyes were like knives on Guo's body, and she accused mercilessly: "She is already fifteen, and she is three years older than Youyou, how can she be called young with good intentions?" Two words? She is Youyou's fourth sister. It's okay if she doesn't have the kindness and generosity that an older sister should have on weekdays. Turn a blind eye, but this matter can't be done, Sister Rong wants to harm Youyou, this matter must not be kind."

This is the first time that Yin has identified Su Lingrong's identity. In the past, she was concerned about the family's face, but today she is so angry that she can't let her daughter suffer such grievances for nothing.

Guo's heart "thumped", and she looked at the old lady as if asking for help.

The old lady was holding her crutches, seeing Guo Shi kneeling in front of her but being indifferent, she must have agreed with Yin Shi's words. "Sister Rong has gone too far in this matter. I am not the one you are sorry for. It is useless to plead with me."

The implication is to look at the big house.

Guo Shi looked at Yin Shi, no matter how much he was unconvinced before, he could only bow his head to her now, "Sister-in-law..."

Just halfway through the conversation, Yin looked away, and said coldly: "Sister Rong and the second son of Qing'an Hou's mansion have a private life, not to mention ruining her own reputation, but for the sake of the reputation of other girls in the mansion. Tomorrow, I will send people to Qing'anhou's mansion to discuss her marriage with Second Young Master Wu."

Now Su Lingrong finally had another expression on her face, she shook her head in a panic, "No... I won't marry..."

She still remembered the time when Wu Dao and his fourth brother played with the maid. What kind of a good match could a person who could do all kinds of nasty things do?Wouldn't it be ruined for her whole life if she married him?Su Lingrong shook her head and said, "Auntie, I won't marry, I won't marry him."

Yin's complexion did not change, and he said coldly: "When you want to harm Sister Xi, why don't you think that I am your eldest aunt? When did the big house treat you harshly all these years, how could Sister Xi feel sorry for you? How could you Do you want to treat her like this? To put it bluntly, you want to compete with Sister Xi everywhere, but in my eyes, you don't even have the qualifications to compare with Sister Xi. "

After hearing these words, Su Lingrong's face turned green and pale, and it was the first time someone hit her with such harsh words, and she almost couldn't stand up.

Yin's final decision was made, and she didn't want to look at the people in the second room any more, "This matter is settled like this, you all go away." After ordering his servants to send Wu Er back from Qing'anhou's mansion, he said: "Tomorrow, Rong My sister went to the ancestral hall to punish her, and she was not allowed to fall down the day before her marriage, so think about your mistakes, and save yourself from marrying in the Qing'anhou's mansion and being laughed at that our Su manor doesn't know how to raise girls."

Su Lingrong kept shaking her head, somewhat desperate: "I don't want to marry, Auntie, I don't want to marry him..."

Wu Dao walked a few steps away from that chamber, turned around and looked at the hall, and saw a little girl in snow-blue clothes walking out from behind the red sandalwood inlaid mother-of-pearl screen, standing behind Yin Shi.Wu Dao looked at the girl's face, his eyes straightened, and he almost forgot how to walk.He thinks he has played with many women, and there are many high-end women, but none of them are like this one, who hooked his soul at a glance.

Really skin is better than snow, beautiful appearance.

Thinking of what he missed was such a little beauty, Wu Dao felt so regretful that his guts turned green.Compared with this nine girls, what is Su Lingrong?
The next day, the Yin family did what they said, and they really invited a matchmaker to the Qing'an Hou Mansion to discuss marriage.

Qing'an Hou and his wife were originally worried about their second son's marriage, but now that they heard that Wu Er had ruined the reputation of the fourth girl of the Su family, they naturally agreed to the marriage without further ado.The two families directly skipped the two ceremonies of Na Cai and asking their names, read Wu Er and Su Lingrong's horoscope together, and sent the dowry to General Su's mansion within a few days.

Even if Su Lingrong broke her eyes from crying, it was useless.

Naturally, the maid colored fan who sent the message to Su Xi that day was inevitably punished, and was fined twenty boards by Nanny Li next to the old lady, and was sent out of the house the next day.As for the fourth master of the second room, Su Yang...he cannot escape being involved in this matter, he found Wu Dao from outside, and the second master, Su Yang, kicked him out of the house in a rage, and wanted to sever the father-son relationship with him , Remove him from the Su family's genealogy.

When the second wife, Mrs. Guo, heard about it, she closed her eyes and passed out.It's fine for her daughter to marry into the Qing'an Hou Mansion in a muddle-headed way. If her son is gone, what's the point of her being alive?
This second room is in dire straits, but Su Xi still goes to Qingshui Mountain to learn piano with Mr. Gu every two days.

Today, Mr. Gu finally taught her something else, and he stopped asking her to play "Xian Weng Cao" repeatedly.After playing and playing, Mr. Gu went to meet guests in the main room again, and Su Xi practiced for a while in the room alone.

Counting this time, Mr. Gu's friends have been here three times in total, but Su Xi has never seen him once.I don't know if it is the same person as last time, she was thinking wildly while playing, and accidentally plucked a wrong string, only heard a "clank", and the string broke from the teeny head.She hurriedly withdrew her hand, but her right index finger was still cut by the strings.

Su Xi let out a soft "hiss", put her finger in her mouth and sucked it, then carried the piano to the main room to find Mr. Gu.

Su Xi came to the door of the main room, and was about to knock on the door, but the carved door was pushed away from the inside by a pair of slender hands.She thought it was Mr. Gu Tong, so she opened her mouth and said: "Sir, the string is broken, I..." Before she finished speaking, she paused suddenly after seeing the face in front of her, and said in astonishment: "Cousin Tingzhou, you Why are you here?"

Wei Yan walked out of the door, wearing a navy blue brocade robe embroidered with honeysuckle patterns, it was a bit cooler today, and he was covered with a black fur cloak, which made him look cold and dignified, with a face like a crown jade.He lowered his eyes and fell on Su Xi's pink and jade-painted face, as if he was not surprised that Mr. Gu's new apprentice was her, and said, "Come to play chess with Mr. Gu."

Su Xi looked into the room, and saw Mr. Gu Tong sitting behind the chessboard, with one hand resting on his forehead, and the other holding a chess piece. He was apparently asleep with his eyes closed.Only then did she realize that Mr. Gu's friend was Prince Wei. Since Mr. Gu was asleep, she didn't want to disturb her, so she closed the fan considerately and said, "Is the relationship between Cousin Tingzhou and Mr. Wei very good? I came to visit a few times ago." The person is also you?"

Wei Yan nodded, seeing a drop of blood dripping from the pad of her right index finger holding Qin, she frowned slightly and said, "Why did you hurt your finger?"

Su Xi lowered her head and looked, "Oh" said: "Just now the strings broke and I accidentally scratched them. I'll let the servant girl apply some medicine after I go back." After finishing speaking, she was focused on changing the strings, I don't know if the kid who guards the gate will change...

Just as she was thinking, Wei Yan reached out to take her qin, walked to the stone table under the paulownia tree in the courtyard, put the qin on it, and said to her, "Come here."

Su Xi walked over without knowing why, blinking, what is Wei Yan doing with her piano?Could it be to help her fix it?

Wei Yan said, "Stretch out your hand."

Su Xi slowly stretched out her hands and spread them out in front of him. Her white and tender palms and her fingers were long and slender, like spring onions and tender bamboo shoots, so fragile and tender that they would break if folded.But the palm is also small, when he put it in his hand last time, he could cover it all with one hand.

After a while, Wei Yan said in a slow and deep voice: "The right hand."

Su Xi changed her right hand obediently, and Wei Yan took out a sweat towel to wipe off the blood on her fingertips, then took out a small celadon porcelain bottle from her sleeve, poured out some white ointment and applied it to her fingertips.Finally, he gently rubbed it with his thumb, spread the ointment away, raised his eyes and said, "Have you used up the ointment I gave you last time?"

Su Xi was a little dazed, and nodded reflexively, then quickly shook her head, "No."

Wei Feng looked at her, a slight smile slowly formed on his lips, without saying anything, he ordered his attendant Li Hong to fetch the strings from Mr. Gu's room, intending to change them for her.

(End of this chapter)