Mrs. Zhou's face changed. When the figure walked away, she gave the ground a fierce slap: "What the hell! She's just a bitch who has fallen out of favor, and she dares to wink at me!"
Nanny Li beside her looked at the room and said, "I see that my aunt is ignorant of compliments this evening. Madam invited her to sit here to compliment her, but she didn't expect to be so ignorant. What a fool." "
"Okay." Ms. Zhou said impatiently, "Stop saying a few words. I think no one in this house is easy to get along with. Let's go back to the courtyard first. We still need to discuss some things."
Besides, Han Yan walked to the flowerbed in front of Wanxiang Pavilion. The red plum blossoms in early winter were about to bloom, which added to the beautiful scenery. The subtle fragrance floats in the air, and the quiet vegetation makes it even more refreshing and elegant.
There was a chess game on the stone table in the middle. Han Yan became interested in watching it, so she pulled Zhuang Qin and said, "I've heard that Third Sister is an excellent chess player. Why don't you play a game with me?"
Zhuang Qin whispered: "It's not that exaggerated. It's just something I've learned. Fourth Miss, don't say that."
Han Yan frowned, but immediately laughed: "Why do you talk so much? Come on, let's play chess."
Zhuang Yushan on the other side was extremely depressed. For some reason, Han Yan had always been very cold to her. Although it was said that the three of them were visiting the garden together, from the beginning to the end, she held Zhuang Qin's hand and talked, leaving herself aside. Sometimes I would interrupt, but she would lightly block or ignore her, as if she was deliberately keeping a distance from herself.
Zhuang Yushan sensitively felt that Han Yan was hostile to her. But why? She had always followed her mother's instructions to please her and get close to her, but as for her, she always acted like the Marquis had relegated a daughter, which was simply hateful. If Han Yan hadn't been there, this issue would have been hers. No, all of this was originally hers! Why was it taken over by Zhuang Hanyan! My mother said that she obviously...
The more Zhuang Yushan thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and his pretty little face became distorted. However, Han Yan, who was playing chess, had a panoramic view of this scene, and calmly picked up a white stone and placed it on the chessboard.
Yun'er, the girl serving beside Zhuang Yushan, said angrily: "Miss, how could they do this to you?"
Zhuang Yushan's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and he gradually calmed down. He turned around and saw Han Yan and the others were so focused on playing chess that they didn't notice him at all, and he became angry again. She has been outstanding in everything since she was a child, and is the object of everyone's attention wherever she goes. However, since entering this mansion, she cannot wear beautiful clothes, has to hide her talents, and even has to lower her head to please the woman in front of her. It is really... fed up. He simply turned around and said to Yun'er: "They are having fun on their own, and I don't want to wait here stupidly. I don't care about them, I want to go shopping by myself." After that, he left and walked straight into the flower garden.
Yun'er quickly followed, but Han Yan didn't even raise her eyes. Shu Hong, who was serving at the same time, handed the teapot in her hand to Ji Lan and left.
Han Yan seemed to be immersed in the chess game with his whole body and mind. He held the chess piece in his right hand for a long time before hesitantly placed it in one place, and then a sunspot was pressed down.
"I lost." Han Yan sighed and said with a grimace: "It's already the fifth game, why do I always lose?"
Zhuang Qin also laughed: "You are eager for success. Although you thought before placing the stone, you only focused on the few steps in front of you. And I started planning from the time I placed the first stone. After that, I will have a plan to deal with every step you take. It’s a chess piece.”
Han Yan was stunned and looked up. The girl opposite was holding the chess pieces and said casually: "Life is like chess, you have no regrets about your moves, so every time you play chess, you must treat it sincerely and don't take any chances."
"Third sister is really a master." Han Yan said with a smile: "I am convinced that I lost."
Zhuang Qin shook his head. Perhaps because he and Han Yan played some chess, the distance had become much closer invisibly, and his words became cheerful: "Let's stop here today, my aunt is waiting for me to go back and do it together." Osmanthus cake."
Han Yan smiled: "Aunt Wan really treats you like a child." Fu added lightly: "Actually, I envy you very much..." At least my mother is still alive.
Zhuang Qin was startled. The girl in front of her had her hair in two round buns. Her childish face had a maturity and sadness that belied her age. Feeling soft, he patted Han Yan on the head: "It will be alright."
As soon as such an intimate gesture was made, Han Yan was stunned for a moment, then felt warm in his heart, then smiled and said, "I hope so."
Zhuang Qin looked around and said, "I wonder where Miss Yushan went?"
As soon as the title "Miss Yushan" came out, it naturally showed that in Zhuang Qin's heart, Zhuang Yushan was just a daughter of an outsider, whose identity was not recognized. Han Yan smiled: "Don't worry about her. She can go shopping if she wants to. If we stop her, we will blame us."
Zhuang Qin didn't say much and left with the girl.
After Zhuang Qin left, Han Yan stood there, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said to himself: "I never knew that the third sister was so smart."
Ji Lan put the cloak on Han Yan: "I remember that the young lady loved to follow the third lady when she was a child. However, when she got older, her contact with Furongyuan faded away."
Afraid that there was something hidden in it, Han Yan raised her eyebrows. Although her memory of her childhood had long been blurred, with Zhuang Qin's wisdom and her ordinary and cowardly appearance as a concubine, it was really The difference is huge.
Why didn't she hide it from herself? Han Yan rested her chin with one hand, thinking secretly, and what did Zhuang Qin's words about playing chess imply to her
While still thinking, he saw Shu Hong walking in from outside.
"What's the matter?" Han Yan asked.
Shu Hong shook her head: "Miss Yushan just walked in the flower garden and then returned to her yard, but..."
Han Yan's eyes lit up: "But what?"
"But the slave girl saw Nanny Li next to Aunt Zhou, talking to Butler Lin for a long time. Nanny Li also gave Butler Lin a gold hairpin. The slave girl was far away and did not dare to come closer. "
Ji Lan was surprised: "Mama Li has just entered the house, how come she is so familiar with Butler Lin?"
Han Yan's eyes turned cold. Butler Lin has been working in the mansion for decades and is an old man in the mansion. When my mother was still alive, Butler Lin took care of everything. The Zhou family came here with bad intentions, so the people around them were naturally not good people. The golden hairpin was not an ordinary thing. Aunt Li gave it to Butler Lin, it must have been Zhou's order, as a reward for taking care of it.
However, as Ji Lan said, Zhou had just entered the mansion, how could he become familiar with Butler Lin so quickly. Even though Butler Lin is a simpleton who can adapt to the changing circumstances, anyone with two minds will wait and see carefully for a few days. So, was Butler Lin related to Grandma Li before Zhou entered the house, or was he bribed after entering the house
(End of chapter)