"It's so cold, are we going there?" Qu Moying stopped and asked.
She is the host, so as long as it is not excessive, necessary etiquette of hospitality is still required.
"Just take a quick look. It's not that cold. Everyone is wearing a lot of clothes. If you are so afraid of the cold, you wouldn't have come out just now." Qu Hongqin said shamelessly.
Qu Moying looked at her and ignored her.
"Fourth cousin, you are not so afraid of the cold, are you? Do you want me to take off my cloak and let you wear it?" Qu Hongqin touched the cloak she was wearing today and asked with her head raised proudly. Her cloak today was different from others, it looked warm and gorgeous.
There are embroidery after embroidery on it, and I don’t know how much of it was done by hand.
“Big sister…” Qu Luqin called her timidly, as if asking her not to say that.
"Let's go!" Qu Moying ignored the actions of the two sisters and said lightly, walking towards the pavilion. She wanted to see what this "extremely left-wing" Qu Hongqin wanted to do
Just because I have the reputation of being "extremely left-wing", does that mean I am allowed to do whatever I want
The wind in the pavilion was not as strong as one might imagine. This pavilion was facing the water, but there happened to be a rockery on the other side that blocked the wind from the northwest. There was also direct sunlight, so it was quite warm after entering.
Everyone sat down at the fence and on the stone benches on one side. Coincidentally, Miss Qu Hongqin seemed to have set her eyes on her and sat down on the stone bench next to Qu Moying.
Her sister Qu Luqin behind her was still standing obediently and did not dare to sit on the fence.
It looked like he was really afraid of seeing his elder sister, so afraid that he didn't even dare to sit casually.
"Cousin, please sit down too!" Qu Moying looked at Qu Luqin and said softly.
All the ladies were sitting like this except her who was standing. Others could bear to see this but she, as the host, could not and had to ask everyone to sit down.
However, Qu Luqin just stood there with her head down, and did not notice that Qu Moying was talking to her. She still stood there without daring to move.
Yuchun took two steps forward and gently pulled Qu Luqin's sleeve: "Miss Luqin..."
As soon as she said this, Miss Qu Luqin seemed to be extremely frightened. She took two steps back, quickly slapped Yuchun's hand away, and said in panic: "You... you don't... don't touch me..."
She moved in panic and fear, and staggered. Fortunately, the maid behind her reacted quickly and pulled her quickly, allowing her to stabilize herself.
"Fourth cousin, tell your maid to come back. What's the point of being so irritable? Second sister is timid. When your maid went over to pull her like this, she thought you were going to hit her." Qu Hongqin laughed out loud, pointing at Qu Luqin and laughing loudly, "She is very timid. She is afraid of anyone."
"Yuchun, come back!" Qu Moying whispered, ignoring Qu Hongqin's loud laughter.
Yuchun was stunned for a moment and turned around slowly. She had really never seen such a young lady. Although her young lady was autistic before, that was because she was immersed in her own world. When she looked at people, she could not see the people at all. She was just thinking alone with empty eyes. But now this Miss Qu Luqin was really timid.
He is so timid that he would want to hide at the slightest sign of trouble.
She had felt sorry for the young lady before, so she went up to her and gently pulled her, but she didn't expect her to react so strongly.
Looking at Qu Luqin in the maid's arms and Qu Hongqin who was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up, Yu Chun felt that Miss Qu Luqin was even more pitiful.
How pitiful it is to be scared like this.
The slightest touch makes her feel like she's going to be beaten. What kind of life is she living over there
But she was just a maid and couldn't say anything. She could only step aside and glare at Qu Hongqin who was laughing uncontrollably. It must be that this eldest sister was scared. It can be seen how this eldest sister abused her younger sister in the mansion in the past. This Miss Qu Luqin is really a poor person.
Qu Luqin finally calmed down and stopped trembling. She continued to stand obediently behind Qu Hongqin, with her head lowered so that her face could not be seen as usual.
But in the panic just now, Qu Moying still saw the face of Miss Qu Luqin. She looked pretty and pitiful, and had a very pleasing appearance.
Not very outstanding, but seems to be well-behaved and obedient, and is easy to control.
Even if there is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, you can't raise a concubine's daughter to be like this, especially in public.
"Fourth cousin, you'd better not worry about second sister's affairs. She will sit down naturally when she is tired." Qu Hongqin finally stopped laughing, glanced at Qu Moying, and then waved to a maid from the East Palace behind her.
The maid from the East Mansion hurried forward.
"Go and get us some tea and snacks. It's still early and warm here. Let's sit here for a while and enjoy the scenery." Qu Hongqin said without hesitation.
The maid looked at Qu Moying, and when she saw Qu Moying nodded silently, she retreated.
After a while, a few maids came over and served tea and snacks.
In a place like this, drinking a cup of hot water, eating a hot snack, and enjoying the scenery under the warm winter sun is indeed a pleasant thing.
The ladies were holding small heaters in their hands and were wearing warm clothes. They were enjoying the scenery in such a place. It was open and there was a lake. In the middle of winter, to have such a good place, everyone felt reluctant to leave and were not in a hurry to go back for the banquet.
Some people started to touch the floating ice by the water. It was such a small piece that they could hold it in their hands and play with it. If they felt cold, they could just hold onto a small heater. There were no elders standing by to scold them, saying they were not allowed to play with this or that.
There are still icicles hanging from the corners of the pavilion, shining like glass in the sunlight, but there are not many of them now, and a lot of them have melted in the sunlight.
Some people have noticed these and think they are more interesting than floating ice.
It was just a little high, and the maid had to jump to take it down a little.
After all, this was still the Qu Residence, not their own house, and everyone still had to maintain some dignity and couldn't really let the maid jump up and take the ice.
Of course, Qu Hongqin is definitely not among those who care about their dignity.
She had already spotted Bing Ling and asked the maid beside her to jump up and get it.
Unfortunately, the maids beside her, one was strong and the other was clever, but neither of them was capable of jumping up and taking down Ling Leng.
One is too big and can’t jump up or jump high. The other one’s cleverness lies in its mouth, not its body, and it also can’t jump high.
After jumping several times and failing to reach it, the two maids looked sad and were scolded by Qu Hongqin.
"You are all idiots. I'll do it myself. It will take me a long time to get Ling Ling thanks to you guys." Qu Hongqin stood up and walked towards a place where she had taken a fancy to the ice ridge while cursing.
The two who were sitting on the side
The lady quickly stepped aside.
Qu Hongqin stretched out her hand and felt that it was about right, then she jumped up with all her strength and actually managed to grab an ice spike.
With a little force, the icicle fell into her palm.
It is long and pointed at the bottom. It is called an icicle. The bottom part looks very sharp, almost like an ice skate.
She turned around and sharpened it on a rock on the side, making the tip even sharper. It was scary just by looking at it.
"Fourth cousin, let me show you the ice edge I caught! I made it into this shape, doesn't it look good?" Seeing that it was almost ready, Qu Hongqin turned around with a smile, raised the ice edge knife in her hand with force, and rushed towards Qu Moying recklessly, looking like she was playing with Qu Moying.
She had only taken one step and stepped on something, and paused for a moment. Then the sturdy maid behind her slipped and bumped forward. Her huge body hit Qu Hongqin, who was immediately pushed towards Qu Moying. The ice knife in her hand was still stretched out in front of her, and she stabbed towards Qu Moying's face.
"Fourth cousin, get out of the way!" Qu Hongqin couldn't control herself and screamed loudly with a distorted face.
"Big sister... I will save you..."
Everyone screamed, but they could only watch as the sharp ice spikes pierced Qu Moying's face. If it pierced him, he would die, but his face would be ruined.
Yu Dong had been paying attention to Qu Hongqin's movements. Seeing this moment, he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and slapped Qu Hongqin's hand, then pulled her sleeve, turned her out, and pushed her.
With one slap, the ice knife in his hand broke, leaving only a short piece in his hand.
With a turn, it changed direction.
With a push, the person was pushed back in the direction he was originally rushing towards.
The several movements were almost done in one go. Qu Hongqin only had time to scream before her body was thrown backwards heavily. There was a sturdy maid behind her, so she was not really afraid of being knocked back.
But that's how accidents happen. Qu Hongqin bumped into the maid behind her, and the maid behind her lost her balance and bumped back again. This time, the person she bumped into was Qu Luqin who wanted to rush over to save Qu Hongqin. How could Qu Luqin withstand the collision? She stumbled a few steps and fell sideways, and this time, she hit the rockery.
With a cry of "Ouch", Qu Luqin bumped into the rockery and then slowly slid down, leaving bloodstains on the rockery.
Everyone was shocked for a moment...
“Grandma, I… I just wanted to be kind and show the icicle in my hand to my fourth cousin, but she… not only did she not look at it, she also pushed me, causing me to bump into my sister, and ruining her appearance. It’s all my fourth cousin’s fault, it’s all her fault.” Qu Hongqin cried and pointed at Qu Moying to complain.
There were quite a few people in the hall, all of them were old ladies from various families. After hearing what Qu Hongqin said, they all looked at Qu Moying with displeasure.
After all, everyone is from the same family and has the same blood. If Qu Moying really did that, it would be too much. And what happened just now really seemed to be like this. Although the other ladies present felt it was a bit strange, they did not dare to say anything more. After all, Qu Hongqin was also famous.
None of the young ladies in the family dared to mess with her.
Besides, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this statement. Everyone was busy enjoying the scenery and no one noticed what was happening here...