Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 8 Receipt as Used
This day, Su Xi was lying on the red sandalwood vine-faced beauty, her big bony eyes rolled around, a thin layer of sweat oozes from the tip of her upturned nose, and her delicate and smooth face was full of anxiety, picking at the beauty The little hands on the edge of the couch also trembled slightly, asking Ting Yan almost every second: "Are you there? Is it time?"

Ting Yan turned his head and glanced at the small incense burner on the square stool with enamel dough heart around his waist. The incense sticks on it were just half burned.Ting Yan said earnestly: "It's still early, girl, since you have worked so hard, why do you have to make things difficult for yourself?" She was very tired watching from the sidelines.

Su Xi's upper body was lying prone on the beauty couch, but half of her body from waist to hip was hanging in the air. Her legs were stretched straight, and she was gradually lifted up to mid-air and then lowered slowly. The back is fully supported by the strength of the waist, hips, and legs.You don't need to think about this method of body shaping to know that it was taught by Madam Ye. I heard that doing so can not only stretch the length of the legs, but also develop a slender waist and buttocks.I don't know where Mother Ye learned these things, Ting Yan felt that the result was good or bad, but the process was too hard, if it was her, she wouldn't be able to persevere.

Su Xi took a deep breath, adjusted her state, gritted her teeth and continued to persevere. She didn't answer and said, "Sister Listen Yan, tell me a joke." At least it can be distracting.

Ting Yan knew that Su Xi would not listen to her persuasion, but asked her to tell a joke, how could she make a joke?Ting Yan had no choice but to recall the interesting things he had heard, and finally thought of one: "Girl, there is a scholar named Wu in my servant's hometown. The servant was only six years old at the time. I heard that Wu Xiucai took the book boy to Beijing to catch the exam. Halfway through the exam, the book boy lost his hat. He said: "Young master, the hat has fallen to the ground." Because of the homonym of landing and falling, Wu Xiucai hurriedly reminded: "Don't say landing, but touch the ground." Who knew that the bookboy picked up the hat and tied it firmly to Wu Scholar's head, and then said..." At this point, Ting Yan couldn't stop laughing while holding his stomach.

Su Xi's curiosity was aroused, and she asked, "What did you say?"

Hearing Yan Yan laugh enough, he continued: "The book boy said: Okay, this time I won't touch the ground again."

Su Xi laughed out loud with a "puchi", her stomach was already tense, and she almost had cramp from laughing like this.It was also because of this that it relieved a lot of soreness and fatigue. After burning incense, Su Xi slowly lowered her legs, and leaned limply on the big silver-red pillow, and asked Ting Yan and Ting He to beat her legs for her.Su Xi didn't dare to take a rest, so she didn't sit for a long time, and after her legs relaxed a little, she sat up and walked around the room slowly.

I have to say that Su Xi's persistence over the past month has paid off. Not only has her round apple face become smaller, but the flesh on her waist and legs has also lost a circle, and even her figure seems to have grown taller. up.It's just that because of the recent cold spring and a lot of clothes outside, others can't see Su Xi's changes very much. Only a few close girls can see the difference when Su Xi takes a bath. Even the pretty and lively His face looked more energetic than usual.

Today, the ethnology school was on vacation. After Su Xi finished practicing the movements, she ran around Hualutianxiang three times, went back to the house, took a shower, and then sat in front of the window to practice calligraphy.

Su Xi's handwriting is not very good, and writing needs to be practiced quietly. In her previous life, she didn't think about it at all, she would only be lazy and slippery. Jubilee head.After a new life, Su Xi doesn't want to be mediocre anymore, at least she can't embarrass her proud mother.

The Yin family doted on her and never made things difficult for her.But Su Xi couldn't help but feel ashamed when she thought of the last time when Mei Shi, the eldest wife of Duke Qing's mansion, came to the mansion, she was showing off her daughter Fu Yi inside and out, but Yin Shi could only listen.Her mother has always been proud, but now she is being compared to her daughter by Mei Shi, even though Yin Shi didn't say anything to her afterwards, why can't she be more arrogant?
Su Xi wrote a large letter and a small letter, and was about to ask Tingyan to grind, but she saw Tinglu walk in from the outside, holding a letter in her hand: "Girl, the proprietress of Xiuchunju sent you a letter." a letter."

Su Xi unfolded it and took a look. It showed several styles and patterns of clothes that were popular this year.The lady who bought the inkstone that Su Xi helped last time was none other than Cen Shi, the proprietress of Xiuchunju. In order to thank her, Cen said that she would give her a spring shirt specially made by Xiuchunju.

But Su Xi's purpose of getting close to Cen's was far more than that. She drew a few patterns and asked them to send them back to Cen. , will definitely be sought after by the noble ladies of Shangjing.The two exchanged letters during this period, and every letter was delivered by Ting Lu. Cen did not know Su Xi's identity, but this did not hinder the mood of Bole who met Cen's Maxima.

Cen combined the styles and patterns of the clothes painted by Su Xi, and finally designed several sets of ready-made clothes. He planned to let the embroiderer of Xiuchunju start work at the end of the month, and promised that after the ready-made clothes were made, each style would be given away first. Give Su Xi a set.

Su Xi naturally did not refuse.

Su Xi put the letter into the drawer, and was about to continue practicing calligraphy when she heard Lu hesitantly said: "Girl, Mrs. Cen is a businessman...why do you want to get in touch with her?"

In the eyes of Tinglu, no, not only Tinglu, but also in the eyes of all the noble women in Shangjing, businessmen are the most powerful, and they rank last among scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. If it is not necessary, they should have as little contact as possible.

Su Xi raised her head from the Chengxintang paper, tilted her head to think for a moment, and said frankly, "I want to keep her for my own use."

In the future, Ting Lu will still help her with errands, so Su Xi doesn't plan to hide it from her.

After hearing this, Ting Lu asked puzzledly: "What can Mrs. Cen do for the girl?"

But Su Xi didn't answer any more. She picked up a pen and dipped it in the ink, and said, "I can't tell you now." After that, no matter what Lu asked, she refused to say any more.

Originally, Old General Su and Second Master Su Zhi would be able to return to Beijing before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but they never expected to encounter heavy snow on the road, which delayed them for more than ten days and did not arrive in the capital until the end of the month.

When Su Xi heard that her grandfather and second brother had returned, she hurriedly stopped kicking the shuttlecock, hurried back to the house, changed into clothes and rushed to the front hall.

Ever since Su Xi discovered that kicking shuttlecock can also sweat, besides running every morning, she also kicked shuttlecock for an extra quarter of an hour.Kicking shuttlecocks is much more interesting than running. Su Xi can kick hundreds of them in one go. She can play all kinds of kicks in rounds, such as single flying swallows, double flying swallows, single mandarin ducks, double mandarin ducks. , brilliant.Sometimes Su Xi dragged a few girls to kick together, and for a while, the fragrance of flowers in the sky became a trend of kicking shuttlecock.

After Su Xi rushed to the front hall, he saw a man wearing black silk military uniform standing in the middle, with a slender body and a straight back, who was talking to the elder Su Zhen.Su Xi lifted the skirt embroidered with gold flower and bird patterns, stepped over the threshold, threw herself at the man, and shouted in surprise and joy: "Second brother."

As soon as Su Zhi turned around, he bumped into a pretty little girl in his arms. Su Zhi's cold and serious eyes were stained with a smile, and he touched Su Xi's head with lowered eyes. He said, "I haven't seen you in half a year." , young and tall."

Su Xi raised her head and saw that her second brother had also grown a lot taller. Even if she had a stroke, she had to look up very hard to see his face.She bent her eyes and smiled, turned sideways, showing a smiling face from behind Su Zhi, and said crisply and sweetly to the old man sitting on the rosewood inlaid mother-of-pearl chair, "Grandfather."

Old General Su was very happy to see her, so he hurriedly called someone over to check her out.No matter how serious he is outside, when he comes back home, Mrs. Su is a kind old man with a childlike innocence.

The family hasn't been together for a long time, so they naturally want to sit together and talk.

Mrs. Su inquired about the current situation of the family, and then became concerned about the schoolwork of several grandchildren.Although the Su family started as a military commander, Grandpa Su didn't want his grandsons to be reckless men who only know how to wield knives and wield sticks, so this article is as important as martial arts.

The two grandchildren of the first room don’t need to worry about it. Su You and Su Zuo of the third room are also diligent in their studies, but when asked about the second room, the second wife, Mrs. Guo, stammered: "...Brother Yu has been working hard lately. A lot."

The old man knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. It must be that Su Zhen was only interested in having fun and didn't take his studies to heart.

Su Zhen is the fourth eldest, sixteen this year, and is the son born three years after Guo's entry into the family, so he loves him very much, and over time he spoils him with a stubborn and unruly temperament.During the days when the old master left, he had never even stepped into the academy, let alone how his studies were.

The old man's tone was a bit bad: "Brother Yu should learn more from his elder brother."

This big brother naturally refers to Su Li.

The second lady didn't say a word, if it was in the past, forget about it, brother Zhu is not good at school, at least sister Rong can handle it.Her second room is not inferior to the first room in everything. For example, Sister Rong is better than Su Xi in terms of appearance and academic performance.Piansheng didn't know what happened recently, not only did Su Xi's painting get praises from his master, but even his appearance changed day by day.

Guo Shi looked at Su Xi who was wearing a moon lily sky blue ice gauze shirt with small sleeves beside Yin Shi, and felt that her complexion was radiant, and she had an indescribable radiance that made people unable to take their eyes off.Looking at Su Lingrong next to him again, his eyes were lowered, he didn't say a word, he didn't even know how to act coquettishly to the old lady, could he not be compared by Su Xi?

Mrs. Guo gripped the handkerchief rather resentfully, and looked at the second master Su Yang, who didn't care about it at all, Mrs. Guo felt even worse.

Although the second wife is a concubine, Su Yang was raised by the old lady herself.The eldest master Su Zhen is the minister of the Ministry of War, and the third master Su Tuo is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.Only her husband is doing nothing, he only takes a job in the household department, idles around all day long, spends his time drinking and drinking, how can Mrs. Guo hold his breath?She always felt that the old lady and the old man favored the eldest and third bedroom.

But she didn't think about it either, the current status of the elder master and the third master was earned by herself, and the second master was not aggressive, so who is to blame?
The old man just came back from the border and needed a good rest, so everyone didn't stay any longer, and went back to the courtyard after dinner.

Qiu Tangju.

After Su Zhi left for half a year, Yin naturally had a lot to say to him.Su Xi was also reluctant to go back to the flower dew to smell the fragrance, so she huddled in the rose chair and listened, her little head was listening, and she closed her eyes and fell asleep after a while.Su Zhi carried her back to her childhood room, curled up the corners of his mouth and scratched her little nose, covered her with a thin quilt, and then left.

The next day Su Xi woke up and found that she was living in Qiu Tang, and for a moment thought she was back before she was eight years old.She stretched lazily under the quilt, and rubbed the bright red satin embroidered phoenix and peony pattern pillow, then got up to freshen up, and went to the main room to have breakfast with her parents and elder brother.

Because before the old man and Su Zhi returned to Beijing, the Yin family went to Mingjue Temple to offer incense and make a wish, begging the Buddha to bless the grandfather and grandson for their safe return.Now that the two of them have come back unscathed, it is natural for Yin to fulfill his wish.When Yin Shi talked about this, Su Xi put down her chopsticks and blinked her watery eyes: "Mother, I want to go too."

The Yin family didn't quite agree, Su Xi had to go to ethnology class tomorrow, "What are you going to do?"

Su Xi pouted, "I also want to pray for the safety of my second brother and grandfather." This is just one of them, and the second is that she heard that Madam Wei's authentic inscription "Biography of Ming Ji" is stored in the Sutra Pavilion of Zhaojue Temple. If possible, she would like to borrow it to read and study a little bit. Her handwriting should really be practiced.

(End of this chapter)