As a result, everyone treated Chu Qiao with more respect.
In the afternoon, Chu Qiao was wearing a newly made white begonia-dyed cotton skirt, small white camel hair boots, and two emerald green jade flowers on her head. She hopped and hopped by the lake in the back garden, looking cute and cute. She had just gone to the outer mansion to receive the newly delivered agarwood, when she passed a bamboo grove, a figure suddenly jumped in front of her, and the person who came laughed loudly and said, "Haha, I don't believe I can't find you!"
The young master wore a royal blue robe today, and the clothes were embroidered with colorful birds. They were clusters of brocades and colorful, and he swung the small whip in his hand triumphantly, looked Chu Qiao up and down with a smile, and said, "What are you doing?" ? The weather is so nice today, let’s go hunting birds.”
Chu Qiao frowned, looked at the excited look of the young master, shook her head and said, "I'm not as free as you, I still have things to do, please stay with me." After finishing speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave.
"Hey, don't go, don't go." The little boy trotted in front of her, stopped in front of her with his arms outstretched, and said hastily, "It took me a long time to find you, and I've been in this garden all morning. How about it, you Tell me your name, which yard you are from, I will ask Zhuge Huai to ask you to come here, and you will come back with me, how about it?"
Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows, turned her head, raised her head and said, "Do you really want to take me away?"
The little boy nodded solemnly, "Well, among all the servant girls, I think you are the most pleasing to the eye, and I will make you my gatekeeper general, how about it?"
Chu Qiao smiled, nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll tell you my name, but whether you can take me over from the young master depends on your ability."
"Don't worry!" The young master patted his chest and said loudly, "Don't talk about a little maid, even if there are ten or eight, Zhuge Huai has to obediently give it to me."
"Well, listen carefully. My name is Zixu. I live in Wuyou Courtyard. I'm a maid under Mrs. Dou's hands. My daily job is to make some clay figurines for young masters and ladies to play with. You have to remember that. .”
The little boy's eyes lit up, "You know how to make clay figurines?"
"Yeah." Chu Qiao held back her smile, seeing that the child was so cute, she couldn't help but stood on tiptoe and stretched out her hand to gently pinch his face, and said with a smile, "I still have a lot to do, in the future I'll let you see them one by one. I still have something to do, I have to go first, remember to find the young master."
"Well, don't worry." The little boy nodded and smiled innocently, "You should go back and pack your things first, and I will pick you up in a while."
Chu Qiao walked a long way, and when she turned her head, she still saw the young man standing on the boulder and waving vigorously at her. Chu Qiao held back her laughter, turned around the bamboo grove, and walked towards Qingshan Courtyard with Chen Shuixiang in her arms.
"My name is false, Wuyouyuan, the little girl who is playing with clay figurines under Mrs. Dou, you can figure it out."
A clear male voice suddenly sounded from above, Chu Qiao was startled, and raised her head to see Yan Xun, with a fluttering blue shirt, staring eyes, sitting on a tall pine branch, looking at her with a light smile.
It wasn't once or twice that Chu Qiao exposed her true nature in front of him, she stopped pretending now, gave him a cold look, and said in a vicious voice: "Climbing so high, I'm not afraid of falling to my death."
"Then don't bother you to worry about it. You are a vicious child. You should worry about yourself. I see dark clouds gathering in the sky. Maybe there will be thunder in winter, and it will kill those who have done bad things."
Chu Qiao was small, standing under the tree with her head up, and said coldly, "No matter how many sinful things you do, they can't compare to you prodigal sons who kill people without blinking an eye. They are like animals, and there is no good thing."
"You are so courageous." Yan Xun spoke sternly, but with a slight smile, sitting on a tree, and said to the children below, "I deliberately missed the arrow that day, and I kindly let you live. In order to save you You, you don't even want the lottery of the eight dancers from the Western Regions offered by your young master, not only are you ungrateful, but you speak ill of each other. What's the reason for this?"
"Truths are for people. What's the truth with a beast like you? I warn you not to pester me any more, and don't try to threaten me by reporting on me. If you dare to do it, you will definitely regret it."
After Chu Qiao finished speaking, she turned around and quickened her pace. Unexpectedly, just two steps away, the back of her head suddenly felt a pain. She lowered her head, only to see a pine cone still covered with snow. She was furious immediately, turned her head and looked at Yan Xun angrily, "Are you provocative?"
"Wrong." Yan Xun smiled triumphantly and said, "I'm not provoking, I'm just bullying you."
Chu Qiao stood under the tree with her head tilted, and suddenly turned and left without saying a word. Yan Xun pretended to be deep and half-closed his eyes, he wanted to wait for the child to reason with him, but when he saw her leave like this, he couldn't help feeling a little bit bitter.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a fist-sized stone suddenly roared through the air, heading straight for Yan Xun's face. Fortunately, Yan Xun had learned some martial arts, so he reacted flexibly and turned his head to avoid it in time. He was secretly complacent, when suddenly he felt a coldness on the back of his neck, and he heard a clattering sound, and the snow on the whole tree was scattered on his face after such a shock. body.
The young son in brocade clothes and jade robes jumped off the big tree, covered in snow, and was in a mess. Looking up, I saw a little girl standing on the snow-white snow, clapping her hands, seeing him looking, raised her right hand high, raised her middle finger, gestured like a demonstration, smiled triumphantly, then turned and left .
Yan Xun frowned slightly, and also raised his middle finger. The thirteen-year-old Yan Bei Shizi was puzzled, what kind of gesture is this
Eleven-year-old little Shutong Fengmian ran up from the forest, baring his teeth and waving his claws, and shouted: "My lord, I'll go and catch her, and let Young Master Huai punish this disrespectful girl."
"You? Grab her?" Yan Xun snorted, turned his head with his middle finger up, "Feng Mian, what does this gesture mean?"
"This?" Feng Mian was taken aback for a moment, but then she said firmly, "It should be an apology, she also knows what she did was treasonous, but children are ignorant, so I am embarrassed to say it in person, so I use this gesture instead. "
"Apologize?" Yan Xun frowned, "I don't think so."
"It must be, my son, that's right."
"Yeah?"
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In the hall of the Red Mountain Courtyard of Zhuge's house, Zhuge Huai, Zhao Che and others burst into laughter after hearing the young master's words.
Wei Jing said with a smile: "Zhuge, there is such a clever maid in your family, I want to see it."
Zhuge Huai shook his head and said: "This servant is ignorant, and everyone laughs at me."
"What's the matter? What are you laughing at?" The young man blushed, and seemed to know that he might have provoked a joke, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he said anxiously.
Zhao Che said with a smile: "My name is false, there is no courtyard, and the little girl who plays with clay figurines under Mrs. Dou's hand is nothing more than nothing, teasing you? Thirteenth brother, people are laughing at you."
Zhao Song blushed, stomped his feet resentfully, turned around and ran out. Rumble! A burst of festive firecrackers sounded suddenly, and large flakes of white snowflakes exploded on the ground. In the streets and alleys, countless children laughed and played, covering their ears and playing the loud but cheap "Yi Lei Pao", having a great time.
The twenty-fifth Shangyuan Festival after Emperor Baizong of Great Xia came to the throne finally came amidst the rumble of cannons, and there was a deliberate joy in the streets and alleys. Because the firecrackers provided by the government for free to the people of Zhenhuang City successfully added to the joy. The owner of the Shengjin Palace admired the governor of Kyoto's approach very much, and issued a good news overnight, rewarding the governor of the imperial capital who was born in the Wei clan.
Amidst the rumble of cannons, Zhuge Mansion is also stepping up preparations for this important festival. On this day, Zhenhuang City was filled with heavy snow, and the snowflakes all over the sky were falling like goose feathers. The old people in the city said that this year's heavy snowfall was a bit strange, because the frost had just fallen at this time in previous years.
Chu Qiao was wearing a newly made light pink skirt and gown, covered with a fox fur cloak, a small face as white and tender as jade shrunk in the snow-white fox fur, with pink cheeks and big round eyes. The fluttering snowflakes landed on the tip of Chu Qiao's nose, and her little nose wrinkled slightly, looking extraordinarily cute.
"Xing'er, the young master is calling you."
Huan'er, the new little maid, ran over with a thud, panting like a cow with her hips on her hips, and shouted while panting heavily.
Chu Qiao nodded, and said: "Let's go." She walked towards the Xuanguan first, taking small steps in a steady manner, not in a hurry.
Huan'er frowned for a while, then shook her head and hurriedly followed.
Compared to Chu Qiao, Zhuge Yue was a slower person. When he opened the door of the pavilion, he saw the fourth young master of the Zhuge family was sitting on the warm couch watching a game of chess carefully, frowning slightly, looking very attentive.
Chu Qiao counted out the things that she needed to bring with her later, and handed them over to the other attendants. After finishing everything, she poured a cup of tea and put it next to Zhuge Yue's desk, and sat directly in front of the incense burner, holding Gills waited quietly.
There is a book on the table, the book is spread out randomly, the pages are yellowed, obviously it has been some years. Chu Qiao took a closer look, and it turned out to be a volume of Buddhist scriptures, so she couldn't help being a little curious.
Zhuge Yue was a man whose means were neither ruthless nor cunning, at least in these two points he was far inferior to the nobles of the Celestial Dynasty who were on the hunting ground that day. But this person is cold-hearted, extremely self-confident, and his eyes are high above the top. No one but himself looks down on him, let alone any beliefs. How could he change his mind and read Buddhist scriptures
"It's not all nonsense." Zhuge Yue suddenly said calmly, as if knowing what Chu Qiao was thinking. He picked up a black chess piece and hit it suddenly. As soon as the book was turned, a few pages were flipped.
"read out."
"Living in this world is like being in the midst of thorns. If you don't move your heart, you don't move rashly. If you don't move, you won't get hurt. If your heart moves, you will move rashly, hurt your body, hurt your bones, and suffer all kinds of pain in the world..."
Zhuge Yue raised his head slowly, his dark eyes were like eddies in the deep sea, staring at her inscrutablely. Finally, he smiled slightly and said, "That's right, you know so many characters at such a young age, who taught you?"
Chu Qiao already sensed something was wrong when she read the first sentence, so she didn't look panicked at the moment, she smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, young master, I have loved reading since I was a child, and I learned it from my brothers and sisters. "
"Really? Do you understand the passage you just read?"
"Understand a little bit." Chu Qiao replied, "Shall I explain it to Xing'er?"
Zhuge Yue raised the corners of his mouth, pulled out a very faint smile, did not speak, just lowered his head and continued to study the chess game.