Winter in the north seems to have come especially early this year. It is only the beginning of winter, but the cold outside is so cold that people's feet are cold and they can't stand. The charcoal in the Yongding Earl's Mansion has been lit a long time ago, but even so, there are still people who complain that the charcoal is not good enough.
In the Hengzhi Courtyard, Yong He stood in the corridor with her eyebrows raised, scolding a little girl: "You are blind! You dare to send any coal here? Don't you know where this place is? If the Third Miss is fumigated and her coughing fit comes back, will you die or not?!"
There was a fat, round parrot hanging under the eaves. It was shaking its feathers and flying up. Suddenly, it uttered, "Die or not! Die or not!"
The little girl was so scared that she was trembling. She lowered her head and stammered, "Last year's carbon got damp for some reason, and the new batch hasn't been shipped back yet. The remaining olive carbon and plum blossom carbon are said to be for the young master..."
Young master
Yong He sneered, but before she could say anything unpleasant, the parrot behind her shouted joyfully again: "The Third Miss is here! The Third Miss is here!"
Yonghe immediately fell silent and turned around to see Su Xingxuan being supported by Yongge into the courtyard gate. She hurriedly waved to the little girl, signaling her to leave quickly.
Su Xingxuan didn't even look at the little girl. She walked to the steps and played with the fat parrot for a while before saying, "Don't leave it outside in such a cold day. It's no fun if it gets frozen."
Yonghe obediently responded with a "yes" and immediately opened the curtain and helped her into the house.
As soon as she entered the house, it was like two different worlds from the outside. The warm air hit her face. Yongge went forward to help Su Xingxuan take off her outer coat. Then she asked Yonghe nonchalantly: "Why are you scolding me so anxiously? What happened again?"
Seeing that her face was not very good, Yong He became more cautious, lowered her head and said softly: "The people below are not sensible and actually sent rough coal. How can you use it? So I got a little anxious and scolded the little girl who did it."
Yongge was just taking her casual coat over, and when she heard that, she agreed, "Logically, she should be scolded. These people are just short-sighted and not very capable. They think we girls are easy to bully!"
Su Xingxuan pursed her lips, sneered from the bottom of her heart, and sighed softly.
The curtain suddenly rustled, and a young man in a dark robe embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns in silver thread flashed in, saying with a smile, "What's going on? Why are you sighing for no reason?"
Su Xingxuan immediately put down the comb in her hand and stood up. When she saw the person coming, she pouted and sat down again, smiling bitterly, "Nothing, why is Third Brother here?"
That's what she said, but her eyes were red, how could she look like nothing happened
Su An looked back and forth at her eyes. Seeing that she kept avoiding him, he couldn't help but frown and asked in a cold voice, "Did your grandmother embarrass you again?"
Ever since the death of her eldest son, Old Madam Su's temper has become strange and she is very difficult to get along with. She is indifferent to everyone in the mansion, and only has a slightly good attitude towards the lame young master and others.
Even her proper grandchildren didn’t get much of her favor, let alone Su Xingxuan.
Seeing that she remained silent, Su An frowned and said impatiently, "She is also confused. You should go less often in the future. She likes quietness anyway."
This was quite outrageous. Su Xingxuan was so angry that she covered Su An's mouth and said, "Third brother, what are you talking about? If someone hears it and tells the old lady, will I still be able to live as a human being?!"
She couldn't help crying: "I was originally like this, a cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest..."
The cuckoo takes over the magpie's nest...
As soon as these four words came out, Su An's face immediately turned cold. He asked angrily: "Who is this frivolous person who is talking nonsense to you again? Who dares to say that to you? Tell me, and I will make the decision for you!"
Su Xingxuan didn't say anything, but her shoulders trembled as she cried on the table.
Yongge hurriedly stopped Su An who was about to ask more questions, sighed, and pulled him out to the corridor: "Third Young Master, you'd better not ask too many questions. Don't you know what kind of personality our young lady has? She is the most afraid of trouble. Since the matter of her life experience was exposed, she has been walking on thin ice. You see, even though we can only burn coke in our room now, and the smoke makes her cry, she won't let us tell the wife, for fear of causing trouble. How can she dare to let you stand up for her? Anyway, our young lady has to please others everywhere..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but wipe her eyes with a handkerchief: "It's just that the proper girl hasn't come back yet, and she's just about to set off, and the people in this mansion are so eager to come up and step on her. How is our girl going to live in the future?"
Su An was furious: "What a joke! Our noble lady who has been raised by our Bo's family for more than ten years is not as good as a cat or dog from a merchant's family who came from nowhere and is stained with the smell of money?! I don't know who dares to let her suffer! I don't know whether we are relatives or not! I only know that I, Su An, only recognize this one sister!"
As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and walked into the house despite Yongge's obstruction. He said to Su Xingxuan, "Ruyi, don't be angry because of these foolish people! Don't even mention whether she can come back. Even if she does, I will never let her surpass you! Just wait and see!"
After he finished speaking, he angrily slammed the curtain and walked out. He first kicked the little girl who went to get the coal, and said with disgust on his face: "Go tell the Gao family that if this housekeeper's wife can't do it, she can't do it anymore! If she looks down on others again, I will dig out her eyes!"
The noise in the yard was getting louder and louder. Yongge listened for a while with her ears perked up. She walked in through the screen with a smile on her face and called out "Young Lady" softly. Seeing that Su Xingxuan had already opened her makeup box, she smiled and said, "After all, our Third Young Master loves you. You see, after the Third Young Master made such a fuss, I'm sure that Sister Gao will come to apologize to you in person. She is the housekeeper. When she comes, the other servants in this mansion who have no sense of propriety will have to think about their own worth."
Su Xingxuan's delicate eyebrows were frosted. When she saw Yonghe bring out a golden phoenix, she shook her head and frowned. She chose a small golden hairpin inlaid with pearls and put it on. She stood up and said, "Let's go to mother."
As for Su Yao who is still in Taiyuan
That was not what she cared about. In fact, she didn't even take him seriously. Only Su An thought that she really took this person seriously.
Just as Su An said herself, she was just a woman with little knowledge who was raised in a merchant family since childhood. She was not worth her attention.