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After returning to her house, Gu Sui'er has been in a trance.
Her body was weak, her legs were suspended, and she felt as if she was floating on the clouds.
"Little madam, if you are tired, why don't you lie down and rest for a while?" Nanny An comforted her like this, but she felt happy in her heart.
When the third young master and the young lady were walking in the yard just now, although they couldn't see clearly, they seemed to be hugging each other. Also, in the study room, how did the young lady's clothes get ripped off, and how did the third young master's clothes get put on the young lady? This is all a matter of course!
I don’t know if this child still remembers her instructions.
"Well, let's take a break..." Gu Sui'er didn't know what Nanny An was thinking about, so she murmured in confusion, and then lay down under Nanny An's care.
Lying there, she was still uneasy. The tadpoles in her belly were bouncing and kicking. She looked stupidly at the ceiling of the brocade tent, thinking about the previous scene in her mind.
She tried hard to recall all the details of that time. She wanted to write down that scene and engrave it in her mind for a lifetime, but everything seemed to be separated by a layer of mist. She actually only remembered his eyebrows like willow leaves. His dark eyes were as deep as water, and she still remembered the burning heat when his lips rubbed against her face.
She couldn't help but raise her hand and touch the place where his lips had touched. It was still as smooth and soft as before, but she felt that it was marked.
His mark.
Something wet slipped from her eyes, and when she felt moisture at the base of her ears, she realized that she was actually crying.
It wasn't sadness or grievance, but an uncontrollable emotion rushing through her heart.
Suddenly I remembered that when I was a child, the reins of the donkey next door were broken. The donkey ran away and ran to the east mountain. A group of villagers chased and shouted after it, but the donkey wouldn't stop.
I still remember the donkey’s raised hooves and its short mane blown back by the wind.
She always thought that the donkey was a docile domestic animal, with a rein and a harness on it, but she never expected that it could be so wanton and wild.
Now, there was such a donkey on her chest, running wildly and having fun.
That kind of restlessness was like a raging river in spring, almost drowning her.
She opened her mouth slightly, exhaled loudly, and opened her moist eyes.
In the darkness, she seemed to see his eyes as deep as black pools again.
She was so embarrassed that she couldn't help herself. She suddenly raised her trembling hands and covered her face.
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On this day, Gu Sui'er rested after noon and fell into a deep sleep. She didn't wake up until evening. She looked at the time and felt that she should go to the old lady to pay her respects.
Recently, the old lady saw that she was getting heavier and heavier, so she said that she didn't need to come to say hello and just have a good rest. It was cold and she was afraid of getting cold while walking back and forth.
But Gu Sui'er knew in her heart that she came from the countryside, didn't know anything, and was inferior to others. If she didn't work harder, how could she survive? She couldn't live her whole life relying on the tadpoles in her belly. .
So she still insisted on going to the old lady to say hello. She would put on more clothes when it was cooler in the morning, and if she felt tired on the way, she would let Nanny An help her go there.
Now the clothes Xiao Heng ordered to make for her are all ready, and she is ready to wear them from autumn to winter, and the Hou Mansion has also begun to make clothes for her.
She felt that the eldest mistress and the second mistress liked to see her wearing the clothes they gave her, but Xiao Heng didn't like seeing herself wearing other people's old clothes. After thinking about it, she decided to wear the clothes given by the eldest mistress and the second mistress when she went to pay her respects. He quickly put on new clothes that Xiao Heng had someone make.
Aunt An sighed: "Little madam, you are too tired to do this. In fact, it's not a big deal. After all, the third young master made it for you, and it wasn't stolen."
However, Gu Sui'er can be very stubborn sometimes: "The two young ladies gave me clothes because they thought highly of me. If I don't wear them anymore, they will definitely be unhappy."
Aunt An: "Maybe they don't care about this kind of thing at all."
Gu Sui'er: "In case you care."
Nanny An sighed again: "Little madam, you just think about others too much. You are always afraid that others will be unhappy. You are cautious, but in the end you don't wrong yourself."
Gu Sui'er: "I don't feel wronged. I'm very happy if I can make everyone happy."
This is true. The eldest young lady and the second young lady are kind-hearted. The clothes they gave me are of the best quality and they treat me very well. If they had the old clothes Xiao Heng made for them and threw theirs aside, they would not be angry with themselves, but they would feel bad and let down their good intentions.
Aunt An was helpless: "Forget it, you can do this."
After all, there is no foundation in this prince's mansion, and there is no natal family to rely on. She is just a concubine. If she is honest, diligent, courteous, and does more pleasing things, she will never suffer a big loss.
She put on her clothes and took out two handkerchiefs, one embroidered with bamboo and one with peony, which were given to Xiao Jin and her cousin Lu Qingyi respectively.
I went over to see the old lady first. The old lady touched her belly and asked her about her welfare. Xiao Jin and Lu Qingyi happened to come over at this time, so she gave the veil to them. Needless to say, Xiao Jin and Lu Qingyi were all smiles and full of surprise.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. I just said that you have a big belly now and don't bother to worry about it. I didn't expect that you would still remember to do it for me."
The old lady next to me said with a smile: "You all saw Sui'er's good temper, so you bullied me hard. I turned around carefully and let your third brother know, but I gave you a cold face!"
Xiao Jin heard this and said deliberately: "Oh, forget about the third brother. He really has a little sister-in-law and ignores me! It's a shame that I used to follow his brother before and after him!"
Gu Sui'er was embarrassed, lowered her head and said nothing.
Lu Qingyi smiled and pulled Xiao Jin: "Stop talking nonsense, you think everyone is joking like you!"
The old lady also said from the side: "That's right, your third brother is not going to take you to Guiyuan, be careful he changes his mind!"
Guiyuan... That is Xiao Jin's destiny. She has been talking about it for the past few years, but she immediately changed her mind: "My third brother is the best to me, of course he will take me there!"
While they were talking and laughing, Xiao Xu came in from outside and greeted the old lady first.
Now that she had finished the exam for the women's school, she told the old lady how the exam was for the women's school. The old lady also asked in detail, and finally said: "You did well in the exam this time. I just hope you can get in. When the time comes, You and your sister also have a companion!"
Xiao Xu raised his eyes, looked at Xiao Jin next to him, and said with a smile: "How can I compare with my sister? My sister has a lot of experience and knowledge. I can't do it after three lifetimes of study."
Although the old lady pities Xiao Jin the most, she likes girls and actually feels pity for Xiao Xu. She rubs her head and says, "There is no comparison. Each person has his or her own merits. Your benefits are of course It’s something your sister doesn’t have!”
Xiao Xu complained: "But you and your brothers all love your sister, but you don't love me."
Old lady: "What are you talking about, silly kid!"
Xiao Xu asked Li'er: "Why did the third brother take my sister and cousin Lu to Guiyuan, but not me?"
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Everyone was speechless for a moment. The old lady looked at her unhappy look. What else could she say? She quickly comforted her and said, "What's the point? You were busy with the women's school exam before and didn't take this. Now that you have finished the exam, wait until tomorrow." If your third brother and your sister go, of course I will take you with me!"
Xiao Xu was immediately happy after hearing this. He glanced at Xiao Jin next to him quite proudly, and then said happily: "Thank you, ancestor, ancestor is the best to me!"
That look was quite meant to show off to Xiao Jin.
The old lady looked at the little granddaughter and didn't know what to say for a moment.
In fact, people say that she prefers her eldest granddaughter Xiao Jin, thinking that she is a person who values legitimate concubines and only loves legitimate grandchildren and does not like concubine grandchildren. However, she is also unjust in the conscience of heaven and earth!
They are all the children of her biological son, so what kind of concubine does she deserve? In fact, this little granddaughter obviously grew up with the same food and clothing as Xiao Jin, but her demeanor, temperament, and brains are not the same as Xiao Jin's. Fabi's.
If you listen to what he said, it's obvious that she is a girl with hair-length hair, she is as vindictive as a child!
No wonder she has always liked girls who are sensible and generous, but doesn't like this petty one!
The old lady sighed secretly.
While sighing, he happened to see Gu Sui'er next to him, and couldn't help but feel distressed again.
This child was really respectful and cautious, and she was careful in everything she did. Although she was not the kind of girl she liked who could go to big events, she still felt distressed at the sight of her.
Maybe, this is fate, right.
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After chatting with the old lady for a while, the stewed bird's nest soup came over, and she also ate a piece. After sitting for a while, she hurried back to listen to Zhuyuan.
She had to change her clothes before Xiao Heng came home.
Whenever he comes home these days, he will call her over to learn calligraphy, and he will also check on her calligraphy practice at home during the day.
So she secretly changed her clothes before he came back to make him happy.
But when she came outside the wall of Tingzhuyuan, she found something was wrong.
The usually lazy cleaning lady was squatting there diligently cleaning up the fallen bamboo leaves. Her energy was different from usual.
And just under the high wall not far from Tingzhu Garden, she saw two familiar figures standing there.
It's Jiang Zheng and Hu Tie.
She only slowly understood recently that because Zhuyuan now has a female dependent, that is to say, she has been born, so the two male guards did not enter the courtyard, but stood far away, waiting for Xiao Heng's instructions.
Her heart sank at the sight of these two men.
It feels like being caught as a thief.
Xiao Heng must be back.
Lowering her head, she took a look. She was now wearing a jacket given by the second mistress and a skirt given by the eldest mistress. They were not old at all, but quite new.
If you lie to Xiao Heng and say that he sent someone to make these clothes, will he believe it
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?"