The two couples chatted and chatted, and before they knew it, they arrived at Duyunxuan. Bai Guo was poking around the door. Seeing them coming, she hurriedly greeted them with a smile and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, Miss asked me to wait for you here. Take us to see fun things, what are they?"
Mu Peilan poked her on the forehead and said: "You all go change into lighter clothes and wait in Ling'er's room. Master and I will come back after a while."
Bai Chou's heart moved, and he said softly: "Are you going to take them down to have a look?"
Mu Peilan nodded and said, "Yes, it's true that Ling'er has been living here for two months, so it's no wonder she's bored." Bai Chou was right after thinking about it, so both husband and wife went back to their room and changed into casual clothes with narrow sleeves. Then they went to Bai Fuling's room together.
The two rooms are next to each other. When they entered, Bai Fuling, Yangmei, and Baiguo had already changed their clothes. Mu Peilan ordered someone to invite Nurse Yun to explain a few words in a low voice. Nurse Yun nodded and retreated. Then came the voice of her ordering the servant girls to close and lock the courtyard door.
Mu Peilan instructed Bai Guo and Yangmei to close and bolt the doors and windows of Bai Fuling's room, then led them to the dressing table in the inner room, and stretched out her fingers to touch the big bronze mirror with a diameter of one foot. Press, and after hearing a light "crack", the bed board unexpectedly turned upwards slowly, and a dark tunnel entrance appeared under the bed board.
Bai Fuling and the other three women were very excited to see this scene. Bai Chou held up the oil lamp and walked in first, followed by Yangmei and Bai Fuling supporting each other, and Bai Guo and Mu Peilan each took the oil lamp and came back.
After several people walked into the tunnel, Mu Peilan pressed some mechanism at the back, and the bed board was slowly closed again. Except that the bedding and sheets of the bed were a little messy, there was no other clue.
The tunnel is very dry, the four walls are flat and it obviously took a lot of effort to make it, and the ventilation is also very fine. After walking for nearly ten meters, there is no strong musty smell, let alone a feeling of stuffiness. Soon they came to a secret room that was two to three feet wide.
There is a large wooden table in the middle of the secret room, surrounded by more than a dozen chairs, and there are huge bookshelves at the same height as the top of the secret room against the wall. This limited furniture is covered with a thick layer of dust, obviously No one has been here for years.
In addition to the door they entered, there are five small doors in this hall, and I don't know where they lead.
Mu Peilan put the oil lamp on the table, and said: "The people in Uncle's family always suspect that Du Yunxuan and Liufen Pavilion are hiding some treasures, so they prevent them from letting them approach. In fact, there is only a road leading to the mansion. The tunnel outside, as well as this secret room for discussion, the important things have been moved away long ago. But this place belongs to me and my father, how can they get their hands on it?!"
Speaking of later, the tone was a little more proud and slightly reminiscent.
Bai Fuling rolled her eyes, and said happily: "Mother, what do you mean, I can use this tunnel to enter and leave Duke Zhong's mansion? It's really great!"
Mu Peilan brushed the shattered hair on her forehead, and said with a smile: "You want to go out all day long, and you are really locked up in Duke Zhong's mansion, for fear that you will get sick from boredom." In the mansion, there is Duke Zhong's direct granddaughter, the noble daughter of gold and jade, who will be despised if she goes out casually, saying that she doesn't know the rules and manners. They may not care about their reputation in Beiguan City, but in the capital they cannot ignore the reputation of the deceased Duke Zhong, and they must not shame him because of their mother and daughter.
Bai Fuling didn't think so. If she wasn't thinking about the important task of saving thousands of people, she wouldn't get up early every day and run around. She wished she could sleep at home, play and enjoy life every day. But my mother is still very heartwarming to think about her in this way.
She clung to her and said coquettishly: "Mother, you said this is a secret room for discussing matters. What are you discussing?" As soon as she heard it, she knew that it might have something to do with Tsing Yi Wei. Play stupid in front of them.
"Mother and your grandfather used to be from Tsing Yi Wei, but this matter has passed, and you should not mention it to others easily, you just pretend you don't know anything." Said that, he glanced lightly at Yang Mei and Bai Guo, and the two The maid didn't understand anything, so she nodded her head in agreement.
Seeing that her mother didn't want to say more, Bai Fuling didn't ask any more questions. She pointed to the other small doors and asked, "These passages lead to the outside of the mansion? Where do they lead?"
"No, only one leads to the outside of the mansion. The exits of the other four passages are all inside the mansion, but they have been sealed. Otherwise, I will not be discovered by my uncle's family after I have been away for so many years." Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered What, he smiled strangely and said: "Although the exit is sealed, some functions are still there..."
Bai Chou seemed to have thought of the same thing. The two couples looked at each other and smiled. Bai Chou said to his daughter, Bai Guo and Yang Mei, "Come with me! Remember that no matter what happens later, you must not make any noise."
Is there anything else fun? ! Bai Guo and Yang Mei were very happy to hear that they could use the tunnel to enter and leave Duke Zhong’s mansion at will, and they were even more curious when they saw the mysterious appearance of the Bai family. The three women followed Bai Chou and filed in through a small door in the secret room. one of the tunnels.
After walking for about five minutes, I began to faintly hear human voices, which became clearer as I walked away, as if several women were talking. Looking up, the tunnel had come to an end, and there was a huge copper horn embedded in the wall. Bai Fuling vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a copper horn near the entrance from her room to the tunnel. The voices of the women talking came from there.
The voice was clear and vivid, and after listening to a few words, it turned out that it was Hui Yun, the fourth daughter of the Duke of Jingguo's mansion, who was talking to her maid and mother. She was born to the Liu family, the concubine of the eldest master Lin Muli. She is a few months younger than Bai Fuling. She is fourteen years old this year, but she is the oldest daughter in the third generation of the Jingguo government.
Only Huiyun said triumphantly: "Ha! You said that I am the daughter of a concubine, so I am not qualified to be a candidate for the prince concubine?! Now halfway through, a suitable and beautiful granddaughter of the Duke of Zhongguo's mansion has been found. The third aunt and the sixth younger sister want to run for the election. The nineteenth concubine of the concubine wants to fetch water from a bamboo basket! I saw the expression on the sixth sister tonight, it was really interesting!"
The "sixth younger sister" she was talking about was Huiru, the daughter of her third uncle Lin Mulian. She was the eldest daughter of the third young master of the Jingguo Mansion and his wife, Chen Shi, as Bai Qian said. Only thirteen years old, the one who was obviously too hot.
The nurse next to Huiyun said: "If it wasn't for the eldest grandma who refused to recognize the young lady under her name, maybe the young lady would have been on the list long ago."
Huiyun suddenly asked the maid beside her, "Did you see the two nuns of my great-uncle and my mother secretly meet with your own eyes?"
The servant girl confirmed: "It's Nanny Zhong and Nanny Wang! This afternoon, I saw the two of them sneaking out of Liufen Pavilion from a distance and said something, and then Nanny Wang ran to Xiaojing alone. The Liuyin Pavilion behind the rockery by the pond, the grandma came after a while, and I could see clearly behind them, but there were people walking around with the grandma, so I didn’t dare to approach them, seeing them talking and saying that it was time for a cup of tea, They just dodged and left one after another. Grandma also gave Wang Momo a small purse!"
Huiyun was silent for a while, then suddenly slapped the table hard, and said angrily, "I mean! She has always been at odds with the third aunt, why is she willing to watch the sixth sister being sent to the election and refuses to recognize me as her name?" Well, anyway, I am also a member of the big house! It turned out that it was planned a long time ago! Good! I would rather cheapen a stinky girl of unknown origin in Zhongguo Gong's mansion than give me a chance, good! Good!"
The sound transmission of the copper horn on the wall is meticulous, and the three members of the Bai family, Bai Guo and Yang Mei seem to be able to hear Hui Yun's grinding teeth. Listening to her saying "a stinky girl of unknown origin" clearly refers to Bai Fuling, the faces of the Bai family and his wife were like water, if Bai Guo hadn't got Bai Chou and warned her not to speak out, she would have jumped up and cursed.
In the room, the nanny hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "The girl from the Bai family looks good, but she looks sickly, even if her name is sent up, it may not be successful. Besides, her mother is the Duke of Zhongguo. My daughter is not bad, but where is her father? I don’t know where he came from, and he is from the mountains. And the two of them have such ugly looks. It is said that they are sick. God knows what it is. Will it be? Contagion? How can a prince choose a concubine? How can he really choose such a wild girl! Even if her name is really on the candidate list, it will be just a foil in the end."
Huiyun really turned her anger into joy and said: "Mama is right! Humph, I'll just see what kind of medicine is sold in that woman's gourd! If she wants to make me sad, I won't make her happy!"
The nanny worriedly said: "Miss, she is your aunt after all, seeing that you are almost getting old! Marriage is all on her mind, you must not tear yourself apart with her at this time!"
Huiyun said impatiently: "I see! How can I say that she is also the young lady of the Jingguo mansion, and the eldest daughter. If the family is low, even if the father agrees, the grandparents will never agree. Besides, nine My sister is her own, if I don't marry well, her daughter won't get any benefits!"
The nanny smiled bitterly and said: "Miss, this matter is related to your life, so don't be careless! Of course, the door that the grandma chooses for you will not be too bad, but who is the other party, what are the vices, habits, or shortcomings? It's hard to say. what."
"Anyway, my fate is unlucky, and I was born by a concubine. What can I do?" Hui Yun's tone was full of grief and resentment.
The three women chatted for a while, and they were all unnutritive topics. Bai Chou winked at his wife, beckoned Bai Fuling to follow, and walked back lightly. Soon he returned to the secret room.