Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 45 Lotus Leaf Herbal Tea
Su Xi was in a daze.

He only heard Yin's footsteps getting closer and closer, and he was about to walk into the green gauze cabinet.Su Xi sat up eagerly, quick witted, pushed Wei Wei behind a curved screen inlaid with flowers and birds with hundreds of treasures, and hurriedly said: "You stand here, don't come out."

Wei Yan wanted to say something else: "Youyou..."

"Shh." Su Xi hurriedly raised a finger to her lips, interrupting his next words.The screen was relatively small, so the two of them were very close, and Su Xi's long and curled eyelashes almost brushed Wei Yan's face, and those clear almond eyes were like a lake in the sun, rippling in the waves. Sparkling, shining, can make people indulge in it.

Wei Yan stopped and looked at her.

Seeing that Yin Shi was about to come in, Su Xi hurried back to lie down on the beauty's couch, picked up a cold handkerchief and covered her forehead, pretending to have just woken up, opened her eyes and called out "Mother ".

Yin walked to the edge of the couch and sat down, helped her to sit up, saw that her little face was flushed with a thin layer of red, and her complexion was much better than before, she was a little relieved, and said: "Is it still uncomfortable? When I came in Seeing Tinghe fell asleep outside, this girl is too careless, she is still sleeping when the master is sick. It is you who spoiled them like this."

Su Xi remained silent.Tinghe would never do such a thing, she knew that Wei Feng's people must have knocked her out, seeing that Yin Shi was going to punish Tinghe for talking, so she pleaded for Tinghe: "Mother , I heard that Sister He has been serving me, and I saw that she was not feeling well, so I told her to go outside for a while, so don't blame her."

After hearing this, Yin's expression softened a little, and she asked the big maid Dan Wu to take the red food box from her hand, and said: "Okay, look, you are in a hurry, I didn't say what to do with her, come here and put it away first." Drink this bowl of lotus leaf herbal tea." As he spoke, he took out a small sweet white porcelain bowl from the food box, which contained clear and glistening herbal tea, and the fragrance of lotus leaves wafted into his nostrils.

Su Xi sat up straight, took the small bowl from Yin's hand, bowed her head and took a sip. A little rock sugar was added to the herbal tea, which was sweet and delicious.She asked casually, "Where did this herbal tea come from?"

General Su's mansion is half an hour's drive from here, so it is impossible for it to be delivered here from the mansion.

Seeing that she liked her, Yin said, "Your cousin Shaoyun bought it from Yuhelou. He heard that you had heatstroke and cared about your condition. He also heard that the lotus leaf herbal tea in Yuhelou is good for relieving summer heat." Miraculously, I went to buy this bowl myself and came back.”

Su Xi was drinking, but when she heard this, she choked up suddenly, her face flushed from coughing.

Yin quickly patted her on the back and said, "Drink slowly, you are so frizzy, and no one will snatch you."

After finally stopping her coughing, Su Xi subconsciously glanced behind the screen, seeing that it was quiet there, she was a little relieved.She didn't dare to ask any more questions, she lowered her head and drank herbal tea silently, and soon a bowl of herbal tea was drained.

Yin took out the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth for her, then said carefully: "Youyou, Shaoyun said he knows a way to cool off the heat, and wants to come and see you, do you want to see him?"

The Yin family can somewhat see Fu Shaoyun's thoughts on Su Xi.To be honest, Fu Shaoyun is really good, not to mention his handsome appearance, he is very likable in his dealings with others, the most important thing is that he cares about Youyou, no, when he heard that Youyou was sick, he would be very sympathetic in the hot weather. So I went to Yuhelou to buy herbal tea. I really have nothing to say about this thought.

It's just that Fu Shaoyun has a mother like the Mei family. If Su Xi really married, she might be wronged.The Yin family felt sorry for her daughter, and even though she felt it was a pity, she never thought much about Fu Shaoyun.

But what if Xiaoyou himself has feelings for Fu Shaoyun?

Yin Shi couldn't tell what her daughter was thinking, so she used the sentence just now to test it out, wanting to know what kind of attitude her daughter had towards Fu Shaoyun.

How did Su Xi know that her mother had thought so much, the only thing she thought about now was that Wei Feng behind the screen could not be found, and if one more person came in, it would be more dangerous.She said: "Most of them are girls, it's not appropriate for Cousin Shaoyun to come in, let's forget it, I'm already much better. Mother, can we go back?"

These words are reasonable.Yin Shi didn't force it, and said: "It's fine, we can go back home when the carriage arrives."

The dragon boat race was over, and the emperor and empress had also driven back to the palace, and there were carriages going back outside Chonglan Tower.

Su Xi helped Tinghe to get into the carriage, and couldn't help but turn her head to look inside the Chonglan Building. Seeing Li Hong standing outside the green gauze cabinet, as if waiting for someone, she turned her head quickly like a guilty conscience , got into the carriage.

After returning home, Su Xi rested for two days, and her body recovered completely.

It's surprisingly hot today.Su Xi only wore a delicate green tube top embroidered with butterfly love pattern, a thin blouse on the outside, and a pair of trousers with scattered floral silk underneath.She was lying on the couch reading the piano score, with her legs crossed, and her trousers slid down from her ankles, revealing a section of white and greasy skin, her waist and back looming.She lowered her eyes slightly, her lips parted in her charming face, her pink lips murmured, and she was slowly reciting the piano score one by one, with an appearance of concentration.

Listening to the crane coming in and seeing this scene, he was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.

Ting He thought absurdly, even if the fairy daughter from the sky descended to earth, she might not be as good-looking as her girl.

Su Xi looked up and saw her standing there in a daze, she smiled and said, "Sister He, what are you thinking?"

Hearing He came back to his senses, he blushed and said, "Girl, there is a maid named Jingui in the small kitchen who wants to see you, and says she has something to say to you."

Su Xi was memorizing the piano score wholeheartedly, and said, "Jingui? I don't seem to have heard of this name before."

Ting He said: "She was bought by Guanshi Wang from outside not long ago. She has only been in the mansion for a few months, so the girl naturally doesn't recognize her. But she behaves well, is honest and prudent, and can cook well. Everyone appreciates her." She made a good impression."

Su Xi's hand that turned over the piano score paused.She remembered that Wei Yan once said that he had installed one or two maids in the General's Mansion, and she wanted to find these maids at that time, but there were too many servants in the General's Mansion, so it was not easy to find them, so she had to put them aside temporarily down.

Could it be that Jingui belongs to Wei Feng?

Su Xi said steadily, "Let her in."

Not long after, a maid wearing a lilac-colored skirt came in, holding a tray with red lacquer and brocade patterns in her hand, walked up to Su Xi and bowed respectfully: "Jingui has seen Miss Nine."

Su Xi didn't want to be discovered by Tinghe, so she said, "Sister Tinghe, you should go out first."

Listen to the crane and exit the inner room.

Su Xi asked Jin Gui to get up, looked her up and down, and asked, "I heard that you want to see me, what's the matter?"

Jingui put the tray on the small table at the side, picked up the doucai bell and handed it to Su Xi, saying: "This is the lotus leaf and licorice herbal tea brewed by the servant girl. It has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. I heard that The girl's body is not resistant to heat, so you might as well try this tea."

Su Xi sat up from the couch, staring straight at the tea in front of her, her voice was a bit cold, "Where did you hear that?"

Jingui bowed her head and remained silent.

Even if she didn't say anything, Su Xi would have guessed what was going on.Who else but Wei Feng?
She lay back on the couch again, with her back facing Jingui, with a non-negotiable tone: "I won't drink, you back down."

Jingui was a little embarrassed, looked up at Su Xi's back for a while, and saw that she was motionless, so she had to put the tea back, took out a letter from her sleeve and said, "Miss, there is still a letter here..."

Su Xi hurriedly sat up again, looked at Jingui angrily, and said, "You are so courageous, you openly pass me a token from an outsider, aren't you afraid that I will kick you out of the house? Are you Whose maid?"

Jin Gui hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your maidservant only obeys the order of the son."

It was very honest.Su Xi stared at her for a moment without saying a word, then took the letter in her hand.Jingui's eyes showed a little relief, and the next moment, Su Xi walked to the edge of the case, without even looking at the contents of the letter, he put the envelope on the oil lamp, and burned all of it.

Jingui said in surprise, "Girl, you can't..."

After burning the letter, Su Xi felt happy, turned around and looked at her and said, "What can't be done?"

Jingui choked for a moment and didn't continue talking.

Su Xi originally wanted to ask Wei Wei how many people like her were installed in the General's Mansion, and where they were, but after thinking about it, even if Jing Gui knew it, she might not tell her, so she had to stop thinking about it.Su Xi told her to quit, and found a random reason that afternoon, and sent her out of the mansion.

Hualu Tianxiang's maids are all taken care of by Su Xi herself, Yin seldom intervenes, so this time she wanted to send a maid, Yin didn't think much about it, and soon found another maid to fill Jingui's vacancy.

Su Xi went to Chunhui Hall to talk and take a walk with the old man when the family school finished early today.

The old man is in good health, even if he has a stroke, he recovers faster than others.Su Xi walked around Chunhui Hall twice with him, but he was still not satisfied, so he asked Su Xi to accompany him to the backyard for a walk.

The old man was stubborn and didn't like being supported by others, so he walked slowly step by step with a cane.When he arrived in the backyard, he asked, "Youyou, have you ever received a letter from Brother Zhi?"

Su Xi knew that he was worried about his father and second brother, who had been in the army all his life, should be very unaccustomed to suddenly relax. "Received, the second elder brother also wrote a letter home, saying that everything is going well with him and dad, so you don't have to worry, they may be able to come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Grandfather, we have been away for so long, haven't we Time to go back?"

The old man looked at Tian'er and said, "Go back. It's really meaningless to just sit in the room when I go back. If I don't move my old bones, I'm afraid I will grow old faster."

Su Xi smiled obediently: "If grandpa finds it boring, I'll play chess with you."

The old man thought about it, it was better than sitting still, so he agreed.

Halfway through the walk, I saw the second master Su Yang approaching, and he said, "Father, are you out for a walk?"

The old man treated his sons very seriously, instead of being as pleasant as he treated his grandchildren, he just nodded and said, "Where did you go, why did you come back at this time?"

Su Yang's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he smiled and said, "I was delayed by something on the road, so I came back late."

The old man didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Go back."

Su Yang nodded and walked past Su Xi.Su Xi smelled a scent of spices from Su Yang's body, faintly like the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus.The second wife Guo's usual spice is the fragrance of roses, which is stronger than this one.However, Su Xi didn't take it too seriously because her second uncle, who was always spending time and drinking, leaned against the green and cuddled with the red, and would go out to play with women outside every now and then.

In the early years, I heard that my second uncle had kept an outhouse in Luoguo Hutong, and Mrs. Guo often quarreled with him about this matter.It's just that Mrs. Guo is the main wife anyway, so it's impossible to go to Luoguo Hutong to find out the outsider, and lose face for the Su family, so this matter has passed for several years without incident.

After Su Xi sent the old man back to Chunhui Hall, he played chess with the old man for half an hour before returning to Hualu Tianxiang.

Ever since Su Xi kicked Jingui out of the mansion last time, Wei Yan never sent any letters to her.

In a blink of an eye, the dog days came, and the weather was unbelievably hot.Su Xi only wore a thin shirt in the boudoir, and it was so hot that it was useless even if there was an ice basin in the room.So when her eldest brother Su Li asked her if she wanted to go to the other courtyard in the western suburbs to escape the summer heat, she agreed without even thinking about it.

The Xijiao Bieyuan is located on the mountain, surrounded by trees, and there is a lake in front of the mountain, which is much cooler than in the capital.

In midsummer, those rich and famous families like to hide in Long'an Mountain in the western suburbs to escape the heat.

On the day of departure, Su Li brought Su Baiyu, Su Xi led a few maidservants, Su Lingyun, the sixth girl from the second room, and Su Zuo, the sixth master from the third room, also came along.

There were a lot of people, the carriage was divided into two, and soon arrived at the other courtyard in the western suburbs.

The evening breeze blew slowly, blowing away a lot of heat from my body.As soon as she arrived at the other courtyard, Su Xi felt that she was alive again.

(End of this chapter)