Naturally, I can't go alone to pay my respects. Needless to say, Bai Shao and Xie Songhua also know that this is really against the rules.
Aunt Lan goes home to stay every day, and then comes in after the door opens in the morning.
It was early in the Xie Mansion's greetings, so only Bai Shao and Ding Xiang were waiting on them. For these two people, Xie Songhua had no division of labor and always followed them.
After finishing dressing up that day, Xie Songhua pointed at Lilac and said, "Follow me to my grandmother and mother to pay my respects!"
After saying that, I realized that everyone in the room was stunned for a moment.
Ding Xiang only chatted with Xie Songhua every day for lunch and dinner. Apart from sharing things, she had no motivation at all.
Leave the white peony root without the attentiveness, but bring the cloves?
Moreover, the job of showing one's face in front of various masters, such as going to greet the emperor, is usually a matter for the favored maid.
Seeing their surprise, Xie Songhua asked Ding Xiang directly, "What's wrong? You don't want to?"
It's one thing to be lazy, but it's another thing to simply refuse to do something.
Ding Xiang didn't dare to deny it directly, so everyone watched helplessly as Xie Songhua led Ding Xiang out of the banquet stage.
According to the rules of the mansion, we first went to the Summer Palace to pay respects to the Qi family. As soon as we entered the door, we heard laughter and laughter inside, all of which were Xie Shuhua's. Xie Li was making fun of her.
As soon as the announcement was heard, the sounds inside suddenly stopped.
Then I saw Xie Shuhua lifted the curtain and looked at her with a smile, "Is it the fourth sister here? Come in quickly."
Mrs. Qi was being served by two aunts and took off the cloth scarf wrapped around her chest, and someone else put on a gauze long-sleeved shirt for her.
When he saw Xie Songhua coming over, he had an indescribable look on his face. In the end, he just made a sound from his nose, which was regarded as acknowledging her greetings.
When everything was ready, Mrs. Qi took the girls of the second room to the Shou'an Hall to say hello. Then she walked out of the Summer Palace. Mrs. Qi said: "You'd better not get in front of the old lady too much, in case the old lady comes again."
No one can afford to be sick."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Li sneered, and when Mrs. Qi looked over, she quickly covered her mouth.
This was referring to her name as the disaster star, for fear of offending the old lady again.
Xie Shuhua couldn't bear it, sighed and comforted: "Fourth sister, don't worry too much, the old lady knows that you are filial, so she won't blame you."
When they were far away, Xie Songhua could still hear the whispers and deliberately vague ridicules of the large group of servants.
This is the family status she faces now!
Ding Xiang's already long face suddenly grew longer, "I'm not saying that, Miss Four, you clearly know that you are carrying something ominous, so you should live in peace. After all, the wife in the house also cares about you and eats the same as other girls.
If you use it, you can just stay at the Yanchuntai and enjoy the blessings, and you will make trouble like this again."
"You're right."
Xie Songhua murmured something, and Ding Xiang was about to say a few more words to her when she saw her taking steps forward.
But when he looked at the direction, he suddenly became anxious, "Eh? Where are you going?!"
Shou'an Hall is the busiest every morning. Except for Xie Yuncang and Xie Feiwu who have official duties and cannot come to pay their respects every day, the other children come here every day to spend time.
Coupled with the fact that the old lady was in a good mood these days, it became even more lively.
While they were joking, they heard an announcement at the door, "The fourth girl is here."
The excitement was suddenly interrupted, and everyone's expressions froze.
Everyone had different expressions, but most people's eyes fell on Qi.
Mrs. Qi's face turned ugly, and her tone was a little stiff, "Why is this child so ignorant?"
The old lady didn't answer, but was silent for a while, then looked at the door and asked: "Where are the four girls?"
The little maid responsible for announcing at the door came over hurriedly at this moment, with an awkward expression on her face.
"What's wrong?"
The little maid secretly glanced at the masters who were sitting on the table, and then said: "The fourth girl said that everyone said that she was wearing something ominous, and she was afraid that she would bump into the old lady when she came in, so she gave the old lady a big salute at the door and went back."
The old lady seemed a little stunned, and after a while she said: "This kid is too honest-minded, and whether there is a collision or not is a fictitious matter."
Mrs. Qi smiled with a stiff face, "I would rather believe that this kind of thing is good."
On the other hand, Mrs. Yu from the third room smiled and said: "After all, he is a sensible child, so he is filial."
Xie Tu looked at everyone's reactions and said with a smile: "It's almost time. It's time to go to the Shensi Pavilion."
After she reminded her, the old lady seemed to have just remembered, "It's true, I forgot even if I didn't tell you, so don't stay here anymore, go do whatever you need to do!"
On the way to the Spring Terrace with an angry Ding Xiang, Xie Songhua saw a large group of people heading towards the bridge in the other direction.
Ding Xiang curled her lips and said, "Don't look, you can't enter that place. The young men in the mansion are all enlightened at the age of four and enter school at the age of seven. The girls directly enter the Shensi Museum at the age of seven. You are already fifteen."
I'm old, just stay at Yanchuntai with peace of mind and don't worry about anything else."
This was the second time that Ding Xiang told her not to worry about anything and let her be a moth on the Spring Festival Terrace.
Her life is indeed pretty good now. She has food, drink, clothing, shelter, and even servants to serve her.
But what then?
Trapped in this small space and waiting to die?
Moreover, women in ancient times were involuntarily marrying. How should she, a girl from the Xie family who knew nothing, negotiate for marriage when she was sixteen or seventeen years old?
She must let the Xie family see her own value, and within the rules and regulations of this era, her value must first comply with the basic value system of a noble lady.
Although he knew that Ding Xiang had no good intentions in preventing her from leaving the Yanchundai, Xie Songhua still returned to the Yanchundai with a smile on her face.
As soon as she came back, others noticed the displeasure on Ding Xiang's face, so some maids came forward to express their sympathy and condolences.
Ding Xiang was honest and unceremonious, and said to Xie Songhua: "Let me tell you, the girl should live in peace! If you go to greet me like this, the girl will be able to show off your face, and the servant, the servant, will be embarrassed."
Aunt Lan frowned immediately. These days, the spring banquet has become more and more unruly.
She was about to reprimand when she saw Xie Songhua come out of the house, holding half a ruler in his hand and walked up to Dingxiang to apologize, "I asked my sister to suffer the same anger with me. I will apologize to you. Didn't sister Qian'er say that she was short of money?"
A bright skirt, would you like to take a look at this?"
Ding Xiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, stretched out her hand to take the material, and said politely, "Four girls are so considerate of our subordinates."
"It should be, it should be, it's better to let my sister suffer in vain."
Seeing her attitude, Aunt Lan's eyes flashed with disappointment, but she remained silent and simply went into the house to clean up the house for Xie Songhua, out of sight but out of mind.
But the other maids saw that Ding Xiang had benefited from her verbal offense, so they started to care about her.
Looking at Aunt Lan from the outer courtyard, she seemed to be quite dignified at first, but after getting along with her, she turned out to be a boring gourd, with a very dull and mean temper. Xie Songhua did have some troubles with her, and she was clearly not a bit threatening.
nothing.
Therefore, the attitude of these maids, who were not very respectful in the first place, became even more disrespectful, and their usual words gradually became harder to hear.
Not only that, in less than half a month, the few things in Xie Songhua's hands were gradually divided up, so that not even two pieces of jewelry were left.
When she went to the Summer Palace to pay her respects, Xie Shuhua glanced at Xie Songhua and asked Qi in surprise, "Didn't you give your fourth sister some jewelry when you came to Juzhen Pavilion some time ago? Why do you think your fourth sister is so busy every day?"