Di daughter is easy to marry: the stunning princess

Chapter 79
The servants of Anluoyuan were busy cleaning up the mess, while the servants of Jingyuyuan gathered together in twos and threes to whisper to each other. Mama Ai beat up the two wretched women with a broom and acted like a door god. Standing on the steps, they stared coldly at their work in the yard.Her behavior seemed to be confirming the rumors of demon possession, which frightened the people in the courtyard so that they did not even dare to breathe.The mansion was in chaos, but Xuefeng Pavilion was unusually quiet.

Jin Xi felt an invisible big net covering her head all the time, the net got tighter and tighter, but she didn't know how to hide.But it was never her style to sit and wait. Sitting in front of the window for a while, Jin Xi dug out the bag of money that Jiu Yiniang had entrusted to her from under the bed.

Pick up a few pieces of silver and call Qing Xing in, let her go out secretly to buy some snacks and candies, and take these things to the mansion to make friends with servants everywhere, to see where this rumor originated.

Qing Xing held the pieces of silver and hesitated to speak, because of this rumor, the servants in the mansion avoided her and Ai Mama and her mother and daughter like the plague, for fear of getting bad luck, they didn't even have the chance to talk together , Where did she go to inquire about the news?
"If the girl trusts the servant girl, let the servant girl go out and inquire about it!" Haitang quietly opened a gap in the floral soft curtain, walked in sideways and stood in front of Jin Xi with her head bowed.

Qing Xing held on to the silver and did not let go. Although the girl was kind to Haitang, Haitang was sent by the eldest lady after all, so could she do things for the girl wholeheartedly?Just now she sneaked outside the door and eavesdropped, no matter how she thought about it, Qing Xing was not at ease.

"Be careful, just ask a few words if you can. The mansion is in chaos. Don't let people catch you and use you as a punching bucket." Jin Xi understood that Qing Xing was afraid that Hai Tang would be unfaithful, so she signaled Qing Xing The broken silver was given to Haitang, and she gave Haitang a few more instructions.To be honest, Jin Xi doesn't particularly believe in Haitang, after all, Haitang's parents are in the hands of the eldest lady, but right now she has no one else to use.And it's not against the law to find out why the rumors started, and she's not afraid that Haitang will harm her.

After Haitang went out, Jin Xi was so upset that she couldn't sit still, so she grabbed a book and went to Mr. Yun Zong.All the way, he was thinking about what excuse to use to coax Mr. Yun Zong to return her out of the house, but he didn't know that Mr. Yun Zong didn't come back last night until he arrived at Mengde Hall.Qin Xiao, who had planned to stay overnight, was not there, but was taken away by a man dressed as a military officer in the middle of the night last night.

Someone dressed as a military officer?Thinking that Uncle Changping sent someone to arrest Qin Xiao, Jin Xi was in a panic and set fire to his colleague's mansion. Qin Xiao was a big mess, would Uncle Changping beat him?The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. She wanted to ask a few more questions, but Magpie half-closed the courtyard door and hid most of her body behind the door. Not only did she not let her enter the courtyard, but she asked tremblingly and shook her head three times.Jin Xi was so angry that he pushed the courtyard door hard and said angrily, "I'm a ghost? What are you afraid of?"

It's okay if you don't ask, but the magpie closed the gate of Mengde Hall with a bang, almost pinching Jinxi's hand.Jinxi smoked from his seven orifices, and kicked the black-painted door several times, and the magpie stayed silent like a turtle, and refused to open the door.

Jin Xi walked back angrily, and the servants in the mansion ran away in shock along the way, as if what they saw was not a living person but a man-eating tiger.Jin Xi's lungs were about to explode, and she didn't want to look at the faces of these people anymore, so she turned her face and walked towards the lotus pond.In order to fight the fire last night, the lotus pond was almost drained, and she didn't believe that she could still meet someone there at this time!
The more I want to be quiet, the more I meet people. From afar, I saw Jinwen standing alone by the lotus pond, looking at the pond full of mud.Jin Xi turned her head and left. She didn't want to be rejected in person again, but Jin Wen seemed to have eyes in the back of her head. She turned around and said, "Where is Sixth Sister in a hurry? Do you have time to stay with me for a while?"

Jin Xi was startled, even the magpies who had been close to her avoided her, but Jin Wen took the initiative to get close to her?Except for paying respects to the old lady and the second lady every morning and evening, Jin Wen stayed in the house quietly for the rest of the time, so quiet that it was almost impossible to feel her presence.Speaking of the two living together, except for a limited number of intersections, the two of them have almost no contact. What do you want to say when you stop her now?

Seeing Jin Wen walking over silently, Jin Wen turned her face and continued to look at the mud. When Jin Xi came to her side, she suddenly smiled and said, "It is said that mud cannot support the wall, it is the most useless thing, but It happens to be able to raise lotus and grow lotus root, don’t you think it’s interesting?”

This is interesting!Jin Xi glanced at Jin Wen, wondering what she meant by saying this.Jin Wen didn't continue on this topic, paused for a moment, and said: "When I was in Zhuangzi, Zhuangtou's eldest son suddenly said that her daughter-in-law was bewitched, and asked a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirits, and it was really lively for a few days. I also went to watch the excitement, but who knows in the end..."

Jin Xi finally heard a hint of subtext, and tentatively asked: "In the end, Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law is not bewitched, but someone fabricated a rumor?"

Miss Six was far smarter than she had imagined, a smile appeared on the corners of Jinwen's lips, she was noncommittal, her eyes were only on the only tabletop-sized puddle in the lotus pond, her smile had a deep meaning.Knowing that Jin Wen only wanted to remind herself so much, Jin Xi didn't ask any further questions, and stood beside her quietly, looking at the depression with her.The newly planted lotus in the pond has just sprouted leaves, and the clear water surface is full of green. After the catastrophe last night, the roots are broken and the stems are broken, and the pond is full of mess. Only a few survivors remain in this puddle, facing the wind. Gently swaying, delicate and heartbreaking.Jin Wen was fascinated by it, as if the few remaining lotus plants were rare treasures.

Jin Xi looked at the floor-length skirt made of fine Baguio yarn on the brocade tattoo, and the emerald green skirt embroidered with bright and fiery red begonias of Xifu on the hem of the skirt.The complex petals and contrasting colors make her whole person full of vitality, in stark contrast to the messy lotus pond in front of her.There was a smile on her face, but there was a thin layer of frost in her eyes from the beginning to the end. Unlike Jin Jue's self-admired arrogance, the coldness in Jin Wen's eyes seemed to be filled with hatred and boredom, very hurt and painful a feeling of.

Jin Xi felt that she couldn't see through Jin Wen at all, so she said she had no desires or desires, and she was more active than anyone else in paying respects to her elders, regardless of the weather.Although the words were few, every sentence touched the hearts of others, and occasionally there was a hint of pity in the tone, which gradually caught the eyes of the second lady.Although it is not as good as Jinxiu in terms of food and clothing recently, it was a world of difference when he first came back.

Let's say she has a conspiracy, but except for greetings, she never goes to the second lady or the old lady, and sometimes even avoids them.Take last night as an example, so many things happened, Jinxia, ​​Jinqiu and others gathered in the old lady's room early in the morning, booing and inquiring about their filial piety, but Jinwen was uncharacteristically, pushing and frightened, got a headache and didn't even ask for good-bye Go, but stick here to look at the flowers.Isn't this putting eye drops on yourself and ruining the image of a filial daughter in the minds of the old lady and the second lady during this period?

But these have nothing to do with her, as long as she is not used as a pawn or a stepping stone, she will not meddle in other people's business.After standing for a while, Jin Xi patted her numb thigh to say goodbye.Jin Wen looked up at the sky and said with a smile, "It's time for lunch, let's go together!"

The two walked towards Xuefeng Pavilion side by side, but neither of them spoke.Jin Xi was absent-minded, while Jin Wen was habitually silent.Walking to the gate of Xuefeng Pavilion, the magpie chased after her out of breath, "Mr. is back, and he even ordered a table of noodles from the Hongbin Pavilion, please go over and eat with him, Miss Six."

Jinxi, who had been depressed for a day and a night, finally heard good news, and didn't care about the magpie's rejection of her door, so she happily followed the magpie to Mengde Hall.Jin Wen kept watching her disappear before slowly walking into her room.

Looking at the dishes on the table, which were obviously inexperienced, she sighed inaudibly, and suddenly asked Mama Liu, who was holding the chopsticks for her, "Mama said I am a puddle of mud?"

"How can the girl be a puddle of mud?" Liu's mother was startled, "Mrs. Du said that the girl's beauty is beautiful and Huizhong will have great fortune in the future. You don't believe what the old slave said. You still don't believe her because she came from the palace. if?"

"I believe it!" Jin Wen's expression returned to calm, he only took a few mouthfuls of rice and then put down the bowl, without even taking a bite of the food from the big kitchen.After a few words of persuasion, Mother Liu saw that she was only staring at her own toes, so she had no choice but to take out the meal.The bright springtime slid over the embroidered shoes inch by inch. Liu Yaqing’s double-beam satin shoes, after wearing for several months, the hemming at the top of the shoe was fluffy, very shabby, but the mung bean-sized pearl embedded in the toe But still bright.

Today is not what it used to be, she is no longer the poor child in Zhuangzi who only has one pair of shoes all year round.If she hadn't been reluctant to part with these two pearls, she would not have worn these shoes again.Time flies, but treasures last forever.Jin Wen's heart suddenly felt relieved, the warmth and coldness of human relations are fleeting, only by seizing the opportunity to become the pearl in the eyes of the second lady, will she not be thrown away at any time like these shoes on her feet.One day, her pool of mud will be full of gorgeous lotus flowers!

Jin Wen got up and opened the cabinet, found a piece of thick brocade with pink embroidered bamboo buds, and told Mother Liu, "Bring me the shoes, I'll pick and choose."

"Miss, you still have two pairs of shoes that you haven't put on. You are growing up, so if you make too much, you may not be able to wear them next year." Mother Liu reminded, "Besides, the color of this material is too rustic, and you may not be able to wear it if you wear it." nice."

Jin Wen gestured at the piece of material on her feet, "I'm just idle, I'll make a pair of shoes for my sixth sister!"

"Girl..." Liu's mother hesitated to speak, Jin Wen raised her head and glanced at her, "You also believe in the nonsense of demon possession? Have you forgotten about Guilan's sister-in-law?"

Guilan's sister-in-law is Zhuangtou's eldest daughter-in-law, she is ugly but very capable.After entering the door for ten years, she gave birth to three sons and two daughters.He stays in the house and fields all day long, and is filial to his parents-in-law.Apart from the fact that the husband is not allowed to take concubines, there is nothing wrong with it.Unexpectedly, once when I came back from the market, I yelled and yelled in the middle of the night, saying that I saw a fairy, and ran out without clothes.Zhuangtou's eldest son said that she was possessed by an evil spirit, so he invited Taoist priests to exorcise her and tortured her to death.

Guilan's family didn't even dare to ask about the evil spirit possessing her body and dying.Just a hundred days later, Zhuangtou's eldest son married a widow in a neighboring village on the grounds that the old man in the family had no one to take care of him.

Two years later, the widow's neighbor accidentally ate the lantern grass powder grown by the widow's family and went crazy. The symptoms were exactly the same as Guilan's, so Guilan's natal family became suspicious.It was only after the government was alarmed that they found out that Zhuangtou's eldest son had conspired with the widow to commit adultery, and the partnership killed Guilan.

Thinking of Guilan's sister-in-law's natal family tied up the widow and stoned her to death at the entrance of the village, Mother Liu shuddered.After a long while, he murmured: "Girl...does it mean that someone is trying to kill Miss Liu like Guilan?"

"Miss Liu is not so easy to hurt!" Jin Wen smiled slightly, "I didn't say anything, you didn't hear anything, it's serious to beat this piece of material into cloth."

Mother Liu nodded repeatedly, keeping her doubts in her heart as usual.She went outside to find the iron shared by Xuefeng Pavilion, and just as she was ready to iron the piece of material, Jin Xi opened the door and came back.Mother Liu's hand holding the iron shook, and the charcoal flakes fell out, and two small holes were burned in the piece of material.

(End of this chapter)