Lengxiang Pavilion was as bustling as yesterday. Miss Qiu Xiao appeared on stage and danced to captivate the city. Everyone was cheering and vying for the top spot tonight. No one asked why she disappeared for two days.
This is still a good time to be in the limelight, but the situation of the oiran is much more lonely. Perhaps the visitors feel that this beauty is out of reach and is only suitable for viewing as a statue, not someone who can touch it. They will speculate that in the end, Who can win the heart, but no one will really take the initiative and put themselves to the test.
Shen Yuanmao was on the kang, leading two maids to warm themselves by the fire. She decided to move to the garden. The capital was not as warm as the water town, and it would be really hard for her without the earth dragons in winter.
Didn't we spend the winter here in the first few years? Now the orioles are no longer noisy, and they will be sent away the next day, so it will be quiet for most of the winter.
A few chestnuts were buried in the charcoal ashes. Feiyun guarded the three-legged and two-eared stove, flicking it with chopsticks from time to time, waiting to taste what flavor would come out. Shen Yuan found a piece of red silk thread and played with Feiyue. Rope-turning was a rare time when they had such childlike fun. They could do several tricks over and over without feeling bored.
"No, here, you have to be like this... oops..."
Shen Yuan was very interested and pointed at the maid with his eyes. Unexpectedly, Fei Yue lost her mind and the silk thread slipped from her hand and fell into a ball on the bed. Fei Yun happened to look this way and couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering. Just waiting Starting over, there was a knock on the door.
"Please open the door, girl. There is something coming."
Shuizhi came in covered in frost and cold. Feiyun closed the door and quickly poured her a cup of hot tea. Shen Yuan also asked her to go to the stove to warm up and speak slowly if she had anything to say. Shuizhi was not restrained and greeted her with a courtesy. Pass the Doucai Fish Lotus Cup and gently rub the back of your hands to relax.
"This is rare. If you have something important, you can just send the people below to run errands. Why do you come here in person?" Shen Yuan said with a smile - she had already discovered that the manpower in her room had changed drastically. When she mentioned the move to Mrs. Mo Zhang, The other party also agreed happily.
"If you like it, then go over. The garden is quiet, but it's also remote. I'm always worried that I won't take good care of it, but it doesn't matter. It's like this every year. I'll ask Shui Zhi to take care of it." Shen Yuan just mentioned it, and Mrs. Mo Zhang immediately When they met, it seemed that they had made up their minds in advance, and the two of them happened to have the same idea.
After a tiring journey, Shen Yuan was eager to take a rest and didn't bother to ask any questions. When he came to rest, his servants had already done everything, and he only had to lead his personal maid and live in the Nuan Pavilion comfortably.
Shui Zhi put down the teacup, took out a palm-sized enamel box with inlaid flowers from his arms, and bowed to offer it: "I don't understand, but someone from outside sent me a jade pendant. I told her to give it to the girl. I also asked her to take it with me." I said, please don’t worry, girl, I won’t miss the date this time.”
"Broken appointment? Who is it?" Shen Yuan was stunned and asked subconsciously. He immediately couldn't remember who he had an appointment with, but he didn't care about what kind of pendant he was given. Looking at the next look, Shui Zhi just kept smiling, no matter what kind of pendant he had. As if he knew the inside story: "I don't recognize the slave. He is dressed as a young man and says that the master is an acquaintance. The girl will naturally understand after hearing this."
Feiyue had already taken the thing from Shui Zhi and handed it over. Shen Yuan was suspicious, so he took it easily. The weight was not heavy, and the copper ring eye was not locked. When he opened it, he saw that there was indeed a pendant inside. Polished into a drop shape, pure black like paint.
The bottom of the box is covered with thick peacock blue velvet, with slight changes of green under the light, making the inky jade more tender and moist, pure and unadulterated. Shen Yuan picked it up and took a closer look. The texture was unusual, extra fine and hard, like It's...produced in the northwest area.
"This jade is pitch black, which is rare." Feiyue couldn't help but say.
Don't blame the maid for talking too much. It's better to give brightly colored things to the women in the building. On the contrary, it's the first time in Lengxiang Pavilion that you do this without leaving your name.
Master Shen Yuan and his servant all felt strange, so they had to look at the person who brought it. Shuizhi had already checked it with Mrs. Mo Zhang, but they both didn't know it. They shook their heads and said, "The box was brought in. Madam checked it, but she didn't know either." What do you mean, the left and right are not harmful to things, so let the girl make her own decision."
"Is this so?" Shen Yuan pondered for a while, "I understand, you go ahead."
The night outside the house was heavy and long. Shuizhi put on a green wool cloak and held a hexagonal lantern. A small orange-red light swayed forward, passing by a bush and vines, and almost disappeared into the darkness. Feiyun was ordered to send Shuizhi to the back garden. At the door, Shui Zhi declined, saying that there were lights in the garden, and he was familiar with the way to and from it. It was freezing cold, so he didn't want to make other people tired when traveling.
In this way, Shen Yuan still insisted on sending him off, and Feiyun stopped about ten steps outside the small courtyard, watching Shui Zhi disappear. The wind blew his joints, and Feiyun warmed his hands and rubbed them, and suddenly something happened in his mind. An idea flashed across my mind, and I remembered a bottle of plaster. When it was still cold, Lengxiang Oiran injured his arm and the bruises were terrible. He used some kind of special plaster and it was cured within two days.
Who seemed to have sent it? Some fragments flashed by, and the memories of the long past were not easily unblocked. Feiyun thought of the smell of medicinal oil, and stopped involuntarily. His thoughts did not know where to land. The mystery was solved again. Add worry.
When we were at the villa, did the girl receive a letter from Mr. Li? If you think about it carefully, it seems that the two of them have not seen each other for a long, long time. Next month is the New Year, and after that it is the Lantern Festival. You can watch the lantern festival. When the girl was twelve years old When you met Mr. Li, didn't you just fall when you were setting up a river lantern and was caught by Mr. Li?
But why is it that the guest surnamed Ling, whom the girl doesn't like, often takes the initiative to show his kindness, but the news about Mr. Li becomes increasingly blurred?
Feiyun and Feiyue both felt that Shen Yuan and Li Xuecheng would definitely get married in the future, but they were delayed for a few years by illness. They lived with Shen Yuan day and night, and never thought that someone else might become their master. 's husband.
Shen Han came to the house and the brother and sister recognized each other. The two maids were kept in the dark at first, almost thinking that their relationship over the years had become a mirror image. Later, they finally felt at ease. While they were happy for their master, they were also worried about Mr. Li, who was afraid of the threshold of the General's Mansion. They were so tall that they could not accept a sister-in-law who was a musician. Unexpectedly, General Shen and Mr. Li were old friends, and they breathed a sigh of relief again.
As maids, they should not discuss a girl's marriage. If Shen Yuan really chooses someone else, they will only try their best to help. Li Xuecheng not only took the opportunity of the first comer, but seeing that they first met as a young man, no matter The person who is neither shy nor proactive has always been... Shen Yuan.
Feiyun turned around and walked back based on instinct. The smell of medicated oil surged inexplicably at the tip of her nose. She tried hard to remember what Lixue City looked like and the last time she met the girl. The cold wind blew straight across her face. She shivered all over, and her memory seemed to be blown away.