Cui Qiao felt her heart pounding.
She is the son of Weiyuan Houfu's family, but the family is the worst kind among the family's sons.
Her mother is only her daughter, and she doesn't have any brothers. Both parents are the kind of honest and stupid people. Good errands can't be turned, and all that can be put on the table are some thankless errands.
When she was eight years old, she went to work in the mansion, starting from the lowest-ranking little girl who ran errands in Jinse Courtyard, and then to the second-class girl who served in the main room. After so many years, all the things that happened in the house have come into view, but she is just a little girl, how can she manage the master's affairs, it is better to be an honest messenger with a sawed mouth gourd.
Because of the three girls, Jinseyuan changed people one after another, and now everyone is in danger, either because they are afraid of being whipped or afraid of leaving such a good place, and she is one of them. Unexpectedly, Fangcao and Fangcui were beaten to death, and the place for the eldest maid was vacated, so she and Cuiping were brought up on top.
Cuiqiao is very afraid of the third girl, and this fear has been buried in her heart since she was a second-class maid. This is also the reason why she has been promoted to a maidservant and is still so pleasing to the third girl.
After so many years, she can see that whoever goes right with the three girls will suffer. Fang Cao and Fang Cui, the good maidservants around Mrs. Hou did not do it, and actually went to be a puppet to Concubine Pei, and they deserved to be beaten to death and the whole family sold out.
And today, Cui Qiao's heart is also clear, she can be considered to be mixed in. The old lady was angry with the lady, so Mama Zhao was so bold and perfunctory.
In fact, she could just give up when she came back from Rong'an Tang. Anyway, she was just a servant and couldn't do anything, and it wouldn't matter if the lady had a fever all night. But she really can't bear it. Madam is a good person, and she is also very kind to their servants in Jinseyuan. It has nothing to do with her what other people think, what to do or what to think, but she Cuiqiao really can't do that conscience thing.
That's why in the middle of the night, someone went to call the three girls.
Cui Qiao's hand was suddenly held.
"Seeing how cold your hands are, isn't it cold?"
There are little girls in front and back holding lanterns, and it is not dark all around, but it is cold, and the cold wind blows straight into the neck.
The hand was gently patted, "Don't be afraid, you are loyal, and the three girls know it. We do have something to report. It is really helpless to disturb the old lady."
Cui Qiao nodded.
When I arrived at Rong'an Hall, I made it clear that I was here, and the light in the wing next to the main room quickly turned on.
Zhao's mother came out wearing a coat.
"I actually asked you to run away, the three girls will not be woken up, right? You girl too, if you call the old lady on such a big thing, is it possible that she will stop you? I went back like this, and I went to disturb the three girls. girl."
Cui Qiao lowered her head, nah, she was still thinking about what to say when she was pulled behind her.
I only heard Mama Zou whisper softly, "This girl just came up, and she panicked for a while. But she is loyal, and she will teach her well in the future. Please, old sister, get up in the middle of the night, and go to rest quickly. Well, just order someone to open the second door."
"Ma'am has a fever, I can't sleep here, I'll take you out."
"No, no, I'll go back now. Just to tell you, you also know that the third girl is in a hurry. No, the second doorkeeper is so embarrassed that she dares to delay the affairs of Jinseyuan. The girl ordered someone to slap the mouth of the old lady. Tomorrow, when the old lady gets up, I will trouble you to tell me, and if you don't look at it, you must see the pure filial heart of the three girls."
Zou's mother took the people away, and Zhao's mother was stunned on the spot.
Is this hitting the old woman in the face, or is she hitting her in the face
Don't give face!
Hey, this old guy is really annoying!
Zhao's mother entered the main room and went to the inner room by the subtle light. It turned out that there was a small lamp burning in the inner room. Just because the light is dim, it is invisible from the outside, as if the lights are not lit.
The old lady was half leaning on the head of the bed, her eyes were closed, she heard the movement and opened her eyes.
Zhao's mother stepped forward and whispered the matter.
"Then Shen Yiyao isn't pretending to be sick?"
Zhao's mother shook her head, "It doesn't seem to be the case. The eldest girl in Jinseyuan has nothing to do with it, and made all three girls agitated."
The old lady didn't speak for a while, and Zhao's mother looked at the movement on her face and didn't dare to make a sound.
after awhile.
"Okay, go and rest. This girl is too timid to say, what does it have to do with us."
Zhao's mother thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid that Mrs. Qi, who is in charge of the second family, will suffer, and the third girl's personality is also explosive, and she can't be idle for a moment. In the middle of the night, she ordered people to drag people up and scratch their ears."
The old lady's face is extremely ugly, is she smoking the old woman, or is she smoking her!
This fiendish little thing!
***
Shen Yiyao didn't wake up until the next day.
Opening her eyes, Cuiping was sitting on the small tumbler in front of the bed and taking a nap.
As soon as she moved, Cuiping woke up, hurriedly stood up, and shouted happily, "Madam is awake."
Cui Qiao walked in with a gold-painted tea tray, "As soon as the medicine is ready, Madam will drink the medicine first when she wakes up, and the servant will let someone prepare breakfast. Madam has already eaten two meals, so she has to put in some."
On the way to drink the medicine, Shen Yiyao asked in a low voice, "Miss San came last night?"
Cuiqiao was stunned for a moment, but she didn't hide it, so she told everything that happened yesterday.
Just as he was talking, the greetings from the girls sounded outside.
Yan Ting walked in.
"I was too busy last night, so I rested in the study in the front yard. When I woke up this morning, I heard that you had a fever last night, so I hurried back to see you. Are you alright?"
It seems that the strange Yan Ting yesterday was just an illusion, but at this time Yan Ting has become the considerate and loving husband of the past.
Shen Yiyao shook her head, "After drinking the medicine, it's much better."
At this time, a servant outside the door came to report, saying that there was something in the front yard to find Hou Ye.
Yan Ting did not delay, comforted Shen Yiyao again, and left.
Following Aunt Pei and Aunt Wu, Yan Qian and Yan Chan also came. Shen Yiyao's head was already dizzy, and when there were too many people, it would make noise, and the noise made her brain hurt so much, she waved her hand to let them back off.
Concubine Pei wanted to say something else, but Cui Qiao said, "Madam just took the decoction, and she's going to sleep now. The two concubines should come back another day."
Aunt Pei glanced at Cuiqiao, and saw her smiling happily, "Aunt Pei, you are pregnant, so you won't get tired easily. Your servant will send you out."
Shen Yiyao took the decoction for two more days, and her body gradually got better.
In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, "Shangyuan Festival" is a relatively important festival for Daxi. At this time, the capital will hold a grand lantern festival. The Lantern Festival has a total of ten days, from the eighth to the seventeenth of the first lunar month. During the Lantern Festival, there are lamp markets all over the capital, and the largest one is at Donghuamen.
The so-called light market is "city" from morning to night, and "lights" from evening to dawn. In the lamp market, there are merchants from all over the world, there are all kinds of treasures, there are antiques from three generations and eight dynasties, and there are utensils for people from all walks of life. There are three rows of Qu and four columns of cities. The so-called nine cities begin. There are lanterns and fireworks shining through the night, and drums and juggling are noisy all night long.
At this time, people of all ages, men, women, and children will go out of their homes to enjoy lanterns, guess riddles, eat Lantern Festival, and go to the lantern market. At the same time, there are also activities to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival in the palace. Generally, the lantern market is built outside the Meridian Gate. It is necessary to build a lantern mountain and set off fireworks.
It is a national joy.
Luo Huaiyuan had already sent a letter to Yan Yan, asking her to go out with Shen Qi to see the lanterns on the day of the Yuan Festival.
Yan Yan has visited the light market several times, and this kind of light market is held in the palace. It seems that the lights are bright, the fire trees are silver flowers, and there are many food vendors and jugglers. In fact, these are all for the people above, including the food stalls that can come in, and the drum music and juggling are carefully selected by Jing Zhaoyin. The contacts are all dignitaries, the lively is lively, but it is a little less popular.
It just so happened that Luo Huaiyuan didn't want to go to the lantern market in the inner city, so he set the location for viewing the lanterns in the outer city. In his letter, he described how lively it would be on that day, saying that the light market at Dong'anmen had opened long ago, and there were many, many beautiful lights hanging up, and the lively night of the Shangyuan Festival could be imagined.
He also said that there is a custom of 'walking away from all kinds of diseases' in common people's homes. If Ah Mo's health is not good, walking around all kinds of diseases can also bless him with health in the future.
In short, she did everything she could to persuade Yan Yan, and Yan Yan was indeed persuaded by her.
So Yan Yan decided to go out to enjoy the lanterns on the Spring Festival.
Weiyuan Hou's mansion also has arrangements on this day, and will go to the lamp market in the inner city to watch one or two. However, the old lady was old, Shen Yiyao was recovering from a serious illness, and Aunt Pei was pregnant, so the second room entrusted Yan Hong and Yan Qian to the first room and the third room, and let their two adults take them out for a walk.
Yan Yan told Shen Yiyao about going to enjoy the lanterns. Hearing that Shen Qi was with her, Shen Yiyao didn't say much, only explained that Yan Yan was looking after her younger brother.
Yan Yan didn't need to tell Yan Yan about this. There must have been a lot of people that day. She was going to bring Madam Hui and a few guards with her. As for Mei Xiang, I don't bring any of them, they are all weak girls, and it's useless if there is one thing.
On the day of Shangyuan Festival, Yan Yan took Yan Mo out.
As soon as the carriage reached the outer city, it was blocked and could not move, so he abandoned the carriage and prepared to walk out.
Yan Yan led Yan Mo, followed by Mother Hui, and was guarded by several sturdy guards, and walked to the outer city. The place she and Luo Huaiyuan had made an appointment with was 'Liuxiangju', which was not too far from the inner city, but there were many people on the road, so the walking speed was inevitably a little slower.
Seeing that there were more pedestrians walking forward, Yan Yan took out a black silk sash from her arms and tied one end to her wrist and the other to Yan Mo's wrist. Several guards separated the crowd from front to back, left and right, and the group slowly moved forward.
By the time we got to 'Liuxiangju', it was already completely dark.
The 'Liuxiangju' is full of guests, and the voices are full of people. Standing in front of the door, you can see the lively situation inside. Especially on the second floor, the sill windows are all wide open, it seems that the private rooms are all packed.
A window on the second floor stretched out halfway, and the man waved vigorously.
"Sister Ayan, here."
It was Shen Qi.
This bear boy was very inattentive to his image, dancing and shouting loudly. He was full of anger. This 'Sister Ayan' attracted countless pedestrians, who seemed to be looking for that 'Sister Ayan'.
Yan Yan glared at him fiercely, took a silver bean from her purse at her waist, and flicked it at him.
The bear boy flickered, caught the silver bean, stuck out his tongue, and retracted his head.
On the second floor, people were led to the elegant room.
Besides Shen Qi, Luo Huaiyuan had been waiting there for a long time.
I saw him in a satin jacket with a dark blue background and sapphire trim, and a black fox fur hat with sapphire on his head. Because I didn't wear a fur coat today, it seemed that I was thinner than I saw it that day.
Seeing Yan Yan looking at him, he deliberately weighed his belly, grinned, water chestnut-like mouth, and a small dimple on the left side of his smile, which looked unbearable.
"Sister A Yan can have some food before she comes out. If it doesn't work, let's use some first."
Why is it that every time he sees this little fat Luo, what he says is to eat? Could it be that she seems to be eating well (four sounds)
It's not that Yan Yan has a delicious face, but Luo Huaiyuan, a foodie, saves others by himself, and remembered that there was a saying in modern times that was right. If you want to capture someone's heart, you must first hold her. stomach.
In order to make the little princess have a heart for him, Luo Huaiyuan can be regarded as omnipotent.
"I used snacks before I came out." Yan Yan lowered her head and asked her brother, "A Mo, are you hungry?"
Yan Mo shook his head.
Shen Qi interjected: "I saw it just now, there are quite a lot of food stalls outside, let's go shopping and eat."
This bear boy has been impatient for a long time, and he is also the first time to visit the lantern festival in the outer city, which makes him dazzled and dizzy. If Luo Huaiyuan hadn't been able to restrain him, he would have run away long ago.
"This light market is so lively and crowded! Let's go, let's hurry up!"