Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 53 Do You Like Her?
On the way back, Fu Yi and Fu Shaoyun sat in the carriage together.

Fu Yi was silent all the way, and when she was almost at Duke Qing's mansion, she asked, "Brother, have you ever heard Sister Xi play the piano?"

Fu Shaoyun remained silent.However, in Fu Yi's eyes, this is the default meaning. She knows her brother's thoughts best. She has cared about that little girl Su Xi since she was a child, and whenever she encounters any questions that she doesn't want to answer, she will deal with them in silence.She asked, "How does Miss Xi play the piano?"

The carriage quickly arrived at the gate of Duke Qing's mansion.Fu Shaoyun didn't get out of the carriage immediately, but thought for a while and said, "Sister Yi, Youyou is two years younger than you, and your talent is already famous enough, she won't pose any threat to you."

Fu Yi asked in shock: "What does brother think I'm going to do to her?"

Fu Shaoyun smiled and said, "I just don't want you to misunderstand Youyou."

Fu Yi pursed her lips and said nothing.Just when Fu Shaoyun was about to get off the carriage, she suddenly asked: "Brother is so considerate of Sister Xi, does he like her?"

Fu Shaoyun's footsteps faltered slightly, and he turned to look at Fu Yi with staring eyes.

Although Fu Yi was asking a question, she spoke very firmly.In addition, Fu Shaoyun had this reaction again, she was even more sure. "I advise my brother to accept this idea earlier. Mother will not agree to your marriage with Sister Xi. No matter what you have done before, as long as mother does not let go, it will not be possible for you. Go west In the past few days in the suburbs, mother has been busy arranging your marriage, and the other party is the daughter of the Minister of Rites..."

"Sister Yi." Fu Shaoyun interrupted her, "Is it possible, I have my own discretion, so you don't have to worry about Brother Wei."

After finishing speaking, he got off the carriage and walked to the mansion.

Fu Yi looked at his back and frowned.

Fu Shaoyun didn't go back to his yard, but went to Mrs. Qing's upper room.

The old lady Qing Guogong was sitting on the porch basking in the sun, seeing him she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Brother Yun is here, come on, I just brought some fresh tangerines here, you can try them quickly."

Fu Shaoyun sat by the old lady's hand, took a tangerine from the fruit plate, peeled it and put it in the old lady's hand, said: "Grandmother, my grandson has something to say to you."

At this end, Su Xi is busy with another matter.

Mr. Gu Tong lived in the General's Mansion for nearly two months, and now that the refugee issue in Qingshui Mountain has been resolved and peace has been restored, he proposes to move back to Qingshui Mountain to live.Su Xi asked to stay twice, but Mr. Gu Tong insisted on going back. She had no reason to force her to stay, so she ordered someone to prepare a carriage and supplies, and sent her husband back to Qingshui Mountain in person early the next morning.

Su Xi originally wanted to send something to Mr. Gu to take back with him, but Mr. Gu refused to accept it.Knowing that her husband likes to drink tea, she begged for half a can of Emei Xueya and a can of Emei Maofeng from the old man, which made the old man feel bad, but luckily Mr. Gu finally accepted it this time.

At the top of Qingshui Mountain, Mr. Gu stood at the gate of the bamboo garden and said: "I have taught you everything I should teach these days, and the rest is up to you to understand slowly. From now on, you don't have to come to Qingshui Mountain to learn the piano every day. Now, practice hard at home by yourself, if you don’t understand anything, you can come to the mountain and ask me.”

Su Xi respectfully paid three big gifts to Mr. Gu, and said: "Students, thank you for your teaching. You are a teacher for one day, and you will be a teacher for life. Students will never forget Mr. Gu's kindness."

Mr. Gu waved his hand, and said with the same unreasonable temper: "Don't talk about such nonsense, in the future, when others ask who your disciple is, just don't embarrass me."

Su Xi couldn't help laughing, and said yes.

After watching Mr. enter the bamboo house, Su Xi returned to the General's Mansion.

The weather was bad when I went out today, with dark clouds and low sky, as if it might rain at any time.Su Xi was worried that the mountain road would be difficult to walk after the rain, so she asked Ting Yan to urge the driver to go faster.Sure enough, as soon as I arrived at the door of the house, bean-sized raindrops fell down, and after a while, it began to rain heavily.

Su Xi hurried back to Hualu Tianxiang, even though Yan Yan was holding an umbrella behind her, her clothes would inevitably be soaked by the rain.As soon as she arrived in the corridor, Su Xi was lowering her head to wipe off the water droplets on her sleeves, when a maid hurriedly ran over and bumped into her, causing her to stagger and take two steps back.

Ting Yan cursed at the side: "How did you walk? Didn't you see the girl standing here? Who taught you to be so reckless?"

The servant girl knelt down with a "plop", lowered her head and said, "Miss, calm down, girl, calm down."

Back and forth is just this sentence.

Su Xi was in a daze, and after a while, she lowered her head and glanced at her, and said, "Where are you a servant girl? What's your name?"

The servant girl said: "Back to the girl, the servant girl is in charge of cleaning the courtyard, and her name is Qinglu."

Su Xi didn't continue to ask, but stopped for a while and said, "Go down."

The maid left now.

Back in the house, Su Xi was a little absent-minded, and found an excuse to dismiss Ting Yan and Ting Lu and others, took out the note that Qing Lu handed her from her sleeve, opened it and glanced at it.The words on it are like flowing water, smooth and beautiful, and the content is only a short line, let her go to the back door now.She looked at the inscription at the bottom again, there was only one word "舟", but it was enough to explain who wrote the letter.

Su Xi's heart beat faster for a few seconds, and she burned the note on the oil lamp in a panic. Her heartbeat slowly returned to normal until only ashes were left, as if she had done something bad and was afraid of being caught. .

Su Xi was hesitant, wondering if he should listen to Wei Feng and go to the back door at this time. Was he waiting for her at the back door?It's raining heavily right now, do you have to say something now?Although Wei Yan saved her life last time, she was very grateful to him, but she didn't intend to accept him so soon.

Su Xi leaned on the window and looked at it. Instead of reducing the rain outside, it tended to fall more and more urgently.The rain is so heavy, if she doesn't go out, Wei Feng will leave soon, right?She comforted herself like this, just after closing the window, she sneezed three times in a row, and hurriedly called Ting Yan and Ting He to prepare hot water, planning to change the wet clothes on her body first, and take a hot bath before talking.

Half an hour later, Su Xi took a shower and changed into clean clothes, while Ting He was drying her hair.

Su Xi didn't know what she was thinking, but after hearing the crane call "girl" three times, she woke up like a dream and said, "What did you say?"

Ting He was a little helpless, and said: "Girl, I want to ask you, should I smoke sandalwood or sweet-scented osmanthus tonight?"

Su Xi said "Ugh" slowly, "Anything is fine."

Obviously not thinking about it.

After Tinghe dried her hair, she asked Tinghe to open the window and asked, "Sister Tinghe, you said that if you stand in the rain all the time, will you get sick?"

Ting He laughed and said, "Why would the girl ask such a question? Even a hardened person will get sick even in such heavy rain."

Su Xi: "...Oh."

After Ting Yan left, Su Xi was wearing a su embroidered peony-patterned gown, and seeing the sky gradually sinking, she thought that Wei Yan couldn't wait for her, so he should have already left, right?Besides, Wei Yan is not a fool, he definitely wouldn't wait for her in the rain, anyway, he should sit in the carriage anyway.Thinking of this, Su Xi felt more at ease.She didn't expect Wei Yan to be so courageous. He openly asked the servant girl to deliver the creed to her, and even told her to go to the back door. With so many servants in the General's Mansion, isn't he afraid of being seen?

After dinner, the night fell and the rain gradually lightened.

Su Xi looked at the lanterns hanging high in the corridor, but finally couldn't hold back, and asked Tinghe to prepare an oil-paper umbrella, and she said: "I'll go to Qiutangju, you don't have to follow, I'll be back soon of."

With that said, he left in a hurry.

Tinghe looked at Su Xi's back, and as soon as she called out "girl", she had already walked away.

There are many corner doors in the General's Mansion, but there is only one back door.Under the thin moonlight, Su Xi walked all the way to the back door. The woman guarding the door might have been hiding somewhere to be lazy because of the rain, and there was no one at the door.

Su Xi opened the back door and walked out.

The night outside the door was dim, empty, and there was no one in sight.

Su Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt an inexplicable sense of melancholy. When she was about to turn around and go back, she turned her gaze, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a slender figure standing under the opposite tree.

Su Xi's footsteps stopped suddenly.

(End of this chapter)