Xiao Xu had thin lips and a very sharp tongue. He kept talking, but Gu Sui'er was confused by what he said.
She thought about it and remembered that the old lady seemed to have mentioned that when the second girl came to her and asked for black eggs, she ate them all and didn't give them to her.
Is it because Xiao Xu wants to eat eggs
Although eggs are a good thing, Sui'er is not greedy and insists on eating them. She thinks about it, her peers only remember to give them to young mistresses and eldest girls, but forget about this second girl. It is really inappropriate.
After a quick reflection, he said respectfully and carefully: "Second girl, you are talking about black-bone eggs. I still have them over there. If you want them, I will ask grandma to send them to you later."
"Bah! Who cares about your rotten eggs!" Xiao Xu was very angry: "You think I don't know that you are just trying to please the old lady and show off in front of me when you get good things. You don't do the same. Look in the mirror and see who you are, do you think that being pregnant with your third brother’s child is a big deal?”
She was so angry that she smiled instead: "I'll ask grandma to bring it to me later. If you don't know, I thought it was you who laid the egg. You really treat yourself like a toy!"
Gu Sui'er was a little confused after hearing Xiao Xu's words.
She thought that she was about to give her an egg, but she was still so angry? What is this for? He was just trying to please the old lady, so what else could he do to her
Thinking about this, I had no choice but to say: "Since you don't want the egg, there's nothing I can do about it. Second lady, I'll leave first."
After saying that, he was going home.
Xiao Xu saw that she was not annoyed or angry, as if she didn't care at all. Instead, he was jumping around and getting angry. He was really embarrassed and angry at the moment.
"stop!"
Gu Sui'er stopped obediently: "Second girl, do you have anything else to do?"
Xiao Xu: "You just left like that? Why are you so thick-skinned?"
Gu Sui'er: "The second girl said she was greedy for eggs. I said I would ask Nanny An to deliver the eggs to you. If you are greedy, you can eat them if you want, but you refuse to eat them. What do you want me to do? I If I don’t leave, do I have to stay here and listen to you say these incomprehensible words?”
Of course she had to leave, she couldn't stay here and listen to her scolding herself.
She didn't mind being scolded, but she didn't want the tadpoles in her belly to be scolded before they were born.
Xiao Xu saw that she was so weak, but she was just a country girl. If she wasn't pregnant with his third brother's flesh and blood for no reason, she was not even qualified to be a maid in the mansion, so how could she be a concubine! So she made up her mind from the beginning and gave Gu Sui'er a hard knock to show her off, letting people know that she, Xiao Xu, was not someone to be trifled with.
She is also going to take the Women's School exam this year, and she wants everyone to know that she is promising!
Who would have thought that this country girl would actually talk back to him when he tried to establish a prestige.
The key is that what she said... she seemed to be plausible, but she actually left herself speechless.
Xiao Xu was so angry that she didn't know what to say. She suppressed her blush and looked at Gu Sui'er with squinted eyes: "Okay, this is just looking down on others. You fawn over my eldest sister and my old lady, but you treat me, Xiao Xu." What do you think? Even if I am a concubine, do you think I am not a bloodline of the Xiao family? I am also my father’s daughter and my eldest sister’s biological sister!”
Gu Sui'er was really troubled by what she heard.
She didn't understand what was wrong with this person. It was true that she was the biological sister of the eldest daughter of the Marquis, but did this have anything to do with her
She came here and said this loudly to herself, did she want to admit that she was his kiss
Gu Sui'er looked around and wanted to run, but the road was blocked by Xiao Xu. She could only whisper: "Yes, the second girl is the eldest girl's biological sister. No one said otherwise."
"Then why do you do this to me?"
Gu Sui'er's ears were so shocked that she sprayed it from her mouth.
Nanny An next to her couldn't stand it anymore, so she came out and said: "Second girl, the matter between you and the eldest lady is really none of my business. She has only been here a few days, how can she know anything else? If she is If the girl wants eggs, of course we will give them to her, but if the eldest girl doesn’t want eggs, we don’t know what to do. After all, the young lady is pregnant with the third young master’s flesh and blood, so talking so loudly will scare the child.”
Xiao Xu refused to listen to the truth and sneered again and again: "What about the flesh and blood of the third young master? It's not like there are no eggs to eat after he is born!"
A concubine is a concubine. Just like her, she deserves to be disliked by others!
As soon as these words came out, a voice was heard not far away.
"Who doesn't have eggs to eat?"
The sound was cool and light, like gold and jade colliding, and it was quite pleasant.
Everyone looked over and saw green trees, lingering flower beds, twists and turns in the gallery, and the sound of feet stepping on wooden boards from deep.
Gradually the person walked out of the corridor and saw that she was Xiao Jin, the eldest girl of Ruiding Hou Mansion, who was tall and beautiful, with gorgeous clothes, light figure and beautiful eyebrows.
Xiao Jin walked up to Gu Sui'er and Xiao Xu and looked at Xiao Xu with a smile: "I heard from afar that my sister is here, but she said she can't eat eggs?"
Xiao Xu is one year younger than Xiao Jin, so it’s okay to compare him to Xiao Jin in terms of status, but in other matters such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the women’s school exam, he is inferior to Xiao Jin in everything. When he met Xiao Jin, He was a little afraid, ashamed and helpless, so he looked away and said in a neutral tone: "An egg doesn't matter to me!"
Xiao Jin looked at Xiao Xu like this, but didn't care: "Yes, you and I are both girls from the Hou Mansion, the eldest lady who is loved by thousands of people. What do you want? If there is anything missing, maybe my mother is busy and did not take it into consideration. In a word, who can miss that one bite? Now in this corridor where people come and go, there are eggs in every bite. What does this sound like to people? Those who don’t know think that the dignified Ruiding Hou Mansion is poor. I can’t afford to raise my daughter’s missing eggs!”
What he said left Xiao Xu speechless and his face turned red. He held it in for a long time before saying, "Do I care about an egg? In your eyes, that's all I am?"
Xiao Jin listened and smiled lightly: "If you don't say it, who knows what you care about? What do you care about? If you say it, come here and make a loud noise, is it embarrassing or conspicuous?"
As she said that, she glanced at Gu Sui'er: "Also, Aunt Gu is pregnant now, and she has the blood of Third Brother in her belly. You may not know that when Third Brother came into the palace today, the emperor specifically asked about him and rewarded him I don’t know how many things have been brought into Third Brother’s room, and you are chirping loudly and stingy here. If you scare Aunt Gu, can you bear the responsibility if something happens?”
Xiao Xu always knew that the third brother was appreciated by the emperor, but he didn't expect that the emperor would be so kind to the third brother. His face changed slightly and he looked at Gu Sui'er in panic.
Gu Sui'er lowered her head meekly and said nothing.
She knew that sometimes, there was no room for her to intervene.
After being in Ruidinghou Mansion for so many days, one thing she understood most was to remain silent when she shouldn't speak.
Xiao Jin looked at Xiao Xu's pale face and smiled again: "Also, didn't you mention the eggs? Do you think the eggs over there with Aunt Gu were specially reserved for her by the old lady because she favored her? Do you think Did you not let you eat the eggs on purpose? You—"
This "you" has a really cold voice, with unspeakable contempt.
"Even if you are too narrow-minded, you always think that others are trying to trick you. Even an egg can come up with so many ideas!"
Xiao Xu raised his head and looked at Xiao Jin unconvinced: "What happened to the egg? Could it be that the old lady gave it to her?"
Xiao Jin chuckled and raised his eyebrows, the despicable expression on the tips of his slender eyebrows.
"You see, you simply turn a deaf ear to what others say and don't even listen to your heart, so of course you can only act stupid here."
As she said that, she glanced at Nanny An next to her: "Tell me, where did you get the egg?"
Aunt An came forward respectfully and said in a serious manner: "Back to the eldest lady, back to the second girl, this black-bone egg was specially given to the third young master by the emperor when he knew that the young lady was pregnant. He asked the third young master to bring it to the young lady. Replenish your body. The young lady thought about how well the old lady, the eldest lady, and the young ladies took care of her, so she told everyone to try it. Although she knows that you don't care about such a small thing, at least it is her heart. "
After saying this, Nanny An stepped back and stood respectfully behind Gu Sui'er.
Gu Sui'er didn't say anything at this time, and stood beside Xiao Jin meekly.
Xiao Jin had a smile on his lips, looking at the flowers and grass next to him, as if he didn't care about Xiao Xu at all.
As for Xiao Xu, his face was green and red, and he stood there, wanting to speak, but his sharp tongue could no longer speak, and he could only hold it in until his neck turned red.
Xiao Xu's maid behind her witnessed all this. She lowered her head and felt embarrassed for her master. She almost wanted to bury her face in her neck.
Xiao Jin no longer ignored Xiao Xu, and went over to greet Gu Sui'er with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I was talking about talking to the third brother. Come on, I will accompany you back to the yard. Don't fight for an egg here. There’s no need to spread the word and make people laugh!”
You must know that Xiao Jin is the only direct daughter of Ruidinghou Mansion, and she is held in the palm of the hands of the old lady and the eldest lady.
It seems that the marriage has already been arranged, and the person is the eldest son of the Beizawa royal family. After that, he will be the princess.
In fact, she was somewhat timid when meeting such people. She always felt that they were as dazzling as the sun in the sky. Compared with them, she was like a little ant crawling on the ground.
I didn't expect that she would actually help him today. Not only did she help him, but she was also so kind, as if she was the same person as Xiao Jin.
Of course she knew that this idea was wrong.
The moon in the sky and the mud on the ground are the distance between Xiao Jin and her.
She was flattered at the moment and smiled at Xiao Jin: "Miss, I don't know if the third master is back now, but let's go over and wait for a while, or you can go pick out the big ones in the yard over there. Can a girl like this material?"
She couldn't help but want to be nice to Xiao Jin.
"Let's go and take a look together."
At that moment, Xiao Jinxu supported Gu Sui'er and walked all the way to Tingzhuyuan. When he entered, he saw Jiang Zheng and Hu Tie in the courtyard, standing outside the door.
Jiang Zheng was the one who brought Gu Sui'er to the house, and Hu Tie was the one who Gu Sui'er mistakenly identified as Xiao Heng.
When they saw Xiao Jin and Gu Sui'er coming over, they clasped their fists slightly in greeting: "I've met the eldest lady, little madam."
Xiao Jin smiled brightly: "Where is third brother, in there?"
Hu Tie said respectfully: "Yes, my subordinates will go in and report..."
After the words fell, the door opened and Xiao Heng stood in front of the door.
I don’t know when I changed into another robe.
This time it was a navy blue robe, which made his handsome face stand out from the frost and snow.
He has one hand behind his back, his tall and tall figure is like a pine tree, and the moonlit scenery makes it almost impossible to take your eyes away.
Seeing this "own man" Xiao Heng again, Gu Sui'er lowered her head and barely dared to look at him with her eyes.
Just like when the sun is in full bloom, one dares not look at the sun.
For Gu Sui'er, Xiao Jin and Xiao Heng were both gods and immortals in the sky, and naturally they were not comparable to inconspicuous figures like her.
She lowered her head and stood meekly.
At this time, Xiao Jin had already stepped forward to talk to Xiao Heng.
"Third brother, you are finally back. You have been away for more than half a year!"
Different from the cold and sarcastic manner when talking to Xiao Xu, Xiao Jin was quite close to Xiao Heng when talking.
"You just came back from the girls' school?" Xiao Heng's expression was still the same as before, indifferent, and his words were not warm.
"Well, it's not like I just came back and saw the eggs my sister-in-law gave me, so I told you to come over and see you." Xiao Jin said with a smile.
After hearing this, Xiao Heng glanced at Gu Sui'er next to him.
Gu Suier's whole body shivered, and she suddenly felt that she had done something wrong again
But what did you do wrong
Still don't understand.
While they were talking, several people walked in, Xiao Heng in front, Xiao Jin in the back, and Gu Sui'er in the back.
When Gu Sui'er entered the door, she subconsciously stepped over the threshold. After she passed it, she remembered that the threshold had been sawed off, and she felt that she was really stupid.
Just as she was thinking about it, Xiao Heng, who was walking at the front, suddenly looked back at her.
Gu Sui'er was startled and thought, what's going on
Xiao Jin entered the room and everyone sat down to talk.
"Third brother, there seems to be something wrong with your yard. The threshold was quite high before, right? Also, aren't there two bamboos outside your window? Where have they gone?"
When Xiao Heng heard this, he calmly said: "Of course it will be chopped."
Xiao Jin didn't understand: "Chop it down? But didn't you plant the bamboo specifically before? You said you were studying late at night and you liked the bamboo shadow whirling outside the window the most?"
Xiao Heng: "I don't like it now."
Xiao Jin: “…”
I was speechless for a moment.
But Xiao Jin is used to it, and Xiao Heng is like this. If you ask for a long time, he can reply you in one or two words, which is considered good.
You can't expect too many explanations, just saying the reasons is enough.
Gu Sui'er, who was sitting quietly beside her, didn't say a word. She knew that Xiao Heng cut down the tree because of her, but Xiao Heng didn't say anything, so she didn't dare to mention it.
At this time, Bao Ya and Jin Fu came in and served tea, but it was a specially prepared summer thirst-quenching drink. Jin Fu held the teapot, and Bao Ya poured it first for Xiao Heng and then for Xiao Jin. Then he held it in front of them respectfully.
Xiao Jin picked up the drink without thinking. Xiao Heng looked at Gu Sui'er, who was sitting next to him with his head down, and put his bowl in front of Gu Sui'er.
Gu Sui'er was slightly startled and looked at Xiao Heng in surprise.
"drink."
Xiao Heng didn't say much, just one word, but this word really couldn't be refused.
Gu Sui'er didn't dare to say anything more, lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Third Master."
Then he held it with both hands.
Xiao Jin was so surprised that he stopped drinking the soup.
She always felt that her third brother was cold and cold to everyone. Even if he said a few words to her, she felt that the third brother was special and loving to her. But now, the third brother actually gave her own tea. Give it to Gu Sui'er to drink!
Gu Sui'er, although she was called Little Madam, it was a polite title. Even when she called her Little Sister-in-law, it was polite. In fact, her identity was that of a concubine.
The third brother was really nice to her concubine that she didn't expect.
Xiao Jin's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Xiao Heng in disbelief with a look at the excitement.
Bao Ya, who was waiting next to him, was completely dumbfounded.
She poured two bowls of soup, one for the eldest girl and one for the third young master, but the third young master gave his own bowl to Gu Sui'er.
Any fool knows what this means.
Bao Ya knelt on the ground with a pop, his lips trembling a little: "Third Young Master, I am wrong, I know I am wrong! Third Young Master, I am stupid!"
Gu Sui'er was also a little surprised that Bao Ya was so frightened.
She had always thought that Bao Ya and Jin Fu were the people Ting Zhuyuan was quite proud of. Unexpectedly, Xiao Heng didn't say anything, and she was so frightened that she seemed to die.
She just held the bowl of soup, neither drinking nor drinking.
At this time, Jin Fu also knelt down with Bao Ya, and the two maids begged for forgiveness in unison.
As for Xiao Heng, there was no trace of anger on his face. He just glanced at the precious duck on the ground.
"Get out."
Bao Ya and Jin Fu burst into tears of gratitude, kowtowed a few times, and went out pissing themselves.
Gu Sui'er didn't dare to raise her head and looked down at the soup bowl. There seemed to be mung beans or something in the soup bowl, and it smelled particularly fragrant.
But they were thinking blankly in their hearts. Bao Ya and Jin Fu seemed to be afraid of Xiao Heng. Could he be scary
For example, they will be like the officials in the county government who are said to be vicious.
Xiao Jin was actually a little stunned.
Her third brother had never cared about this kind of thing, and now he actually humiliated these two people who were rewarded by the emperor for his concubine.
Just can't believe it.
Xiao Heng, who was stunned by the two women present, calmly picked up the tea soup and poured himself a full bowl.
"Drink." He looked up at Xiao Jin, and then glanced at Gu Sui'er casually.
"Okay, okay..." Xiao Jin said yes, feeling shocked in his heart.
"You really have something to do today?" Xiao Heng asked Xiao Jin casually while drinking tea soup calmly.
"Yes, something happened." Only then did Xiao Jin remember his real purpose: "Third brother, the opening of Guiyuan Garden is just right next time. Do you want to go over and have a look?"
Xiao Heng glanced at her lightly.
Xiao Jin quickly smiled at Xiao Heng, and that smile was full of flattery.
"Don't go." Xiao Heng said bluntly.
"Third brother, you can't do this! Even if you don't want to go, at least think about my poor sister. I'm your biological sister, right?"
Xiao Jin's expression at this time was like that of a child who wants candy and won't let it go.
"You go to the eldest brother and the second brother." Xiao Heng flatly refused.
"How is that possible!" Xiao Jin wanted to cry: "The eldest brother is very busy with his father every day, and the second brother is busy talking about the past and the present every day, and he is also very busy."
"Do I look like I'm very idle?" Xiao Heng asked back.
Xiao Jin was speechless immediately.
Yes, Xiao Heng is also busy, busy doing things for the emperor.
"But, third brother... I can't go to Guiyuan alone..."
Osmanthus Garden is a famous garden in Yanjing City. It has been around for hundreds of years. It is full of sweet-scented osmanthus. Every August, dignitaries and wealthy women come to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus.
Xiao Jin also wanted to go, but as an unmarried girl, she could go to a girls' school openly, but she couldn't go to Guiyuan alone.
Someone has to take it with me.
"Third brother, I have already made an appointment with my classmate. If everyone else goes and I don't go, wouldn't it be very disappointing?"
Xiao Heng remained unmoved.
"Third brother, just help me!"
Xiao Heng drank the soup calmly without saying a word.
"Third brother..." Xiao Jin suddenly thought of Gu Sui'er next to him, and said smoothly: "Look at how boring my sister-in-law is at home all day long. She probably hasn't been to Guiyuan yet, right?"
After saying that, Xiao Jin asked: "Have you been to Guiyuan?"
Gu Sui'er was stunned.
She held the bowl of soup and drank it carefully while watching Xiao Jin beg Xiao Heng.
She always thought that Xiao Jin was a proud daughter of heaven who could do anything, but she never expected that she would act so coquettishly in front of Xiao Heng just to go to "Guiyuan".
This made her curious, where is Guiyuan
What was even more unexpected was that Xiao Jin suddenly asked herself.
She didn't even know where Guiyuan was, so how could she have been to Guiyuan.
So she shook her head slightly.
"Then do you want to go to Guiyuan?" Xiao Jin asked with a smile.
"...I don't know what Guiyuan is, so I haven't thought about whether to go there." Gu Sui'er's answer was as honest as possible.
"You..." Xiao Jin was speechless.
"Just because you haven't been there, you have to think about seeing the world. Now that you are pregnant with Liujia, what's the point of always being bored in the house? Didn't the imperial doctor say that you need to move around more so that you can have children in the future? Easier to give birth to?"
Xiao Jin is very good at persuading people, and what he says is clear and logical.
"Okay." Xiao Heng's tone turned cold: "You are a girl who has not left the cabinet, what are you talking about?"
Xiao Jin hummed: "Okay, okay, okay, then I won't do it if I don't say it!"
Xiao Heng stood up, put his hands behind his hands, and glanced at Gu Sui'er next to him.
Gu Sui'er still lowered her head and sat there meekly.
She looked almost the same as before at the inn, except that the braid that used to hang on her shoulders was twisted up into a bun like a cloud.
When a girl becomes a woman, she usually wears her hair in a bun.
Naturally, she didn't know what Guiyuan was. It was a place where dignitaries in Yanjing City went to relax after dinner.
"Next month, if I'm free, I can go."
he heard himself say.
"Really? Third brother, I knew you were the best to me!" Xiao Jin almost jumped up.
Gu Sui'er gently put down the soup bowl she was holding. She didn't understand why Xiao Jin was so happy or what fun there was in Guiyuan.
However, she envied Xiao Jin. She could cry whenever she wanted, laugh whenever she wanted, and scold Xiao Xu happily if she wanted to.
very nice.
"You go too."
A voice came from my ear, cool and faint.
Eyelashes trembling and waving, Gu Sui'er raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Heng in front of her.
Those eyes, as black as ink and as deep as a deep lake, were staring at him.