Ci Jinzhi

Chapter 3
Xiao Lian watched the girl silently pull the thin quilt to cover her body, but her feet did not move.

"Why are you pretending to be my girl?" She took a step forward, stepping on the wet ground without noticing her embroidered shoes.

Xin You raised her eyes, her eyes were calm: "I didn't. I said at the time, I don't know you, you misidentified the person."

Xiao Lian raised her eyebrows, a little annoyed: "Then why did you follow us?"

Xin You looked at her with a mocking look on her face: "Can I resist?"

Thinking of the scene at that time, Xiao Lian couldn't help but hesitate.

At that time, the girl was forcibly brought back by the second master.

After a while of silence, Xiao Lian bit her lips: "Rest for one night first, and in the morning of tomorrow, you can follow me and explain to the old lady."

As the night deepened, the sound of insects came in through the Ruyi window lattice, clear and continuous.Xin You looked at Xiao Lian, and she was sure that she was a loyal maid who protected the lord, and she had a good heart.

She was in the mood for a good talk.

Seeing that Xinyou didn't speak, Xiaolian hesitated for a moment, and stomped her feet: "Forget it, I'll talk about it when you recover!"

Xin You held the corner of her lips, and a faint smile appeared: "Do you think they will believe it?"

"Of course—" Xiao Lian blurted out, but seeing the face that was almost exactly the same as her own girl, she couldn't continue.

Looking carefully at this time, the facial features of this girl and my own girl are still slightly different, but she was too excited to find someone in the daytime, and there was a difference between disheveled hair and undressed and well-dressed, so I didn't think much about it.

"Your voice is also different from my girl's—" Xiao Lian's voice dropped.

There was a difference, but it was not that big, at least although she could hear a little difference, she thought it was because of the girl's physical discomfort.As for the old lady and the others, it might be harder to detect than when she spends time with the girl day and night.

Xin You tightened the thin quilt, and said in a cool tone, "If they don't believe it, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep you with 'Miss Kou'."

Xiaolian's face turned pale, thinking of the girl's wet nurse, Nanny Fang.Back then, Nanny Fang accompanied the girl to Beijing with her, but after she made a mistake, she was sent to Zhuangzi, and she and the girl never saw each other again.

If the old lady didn't believe her, she would definitely think that she was hysterical, and her fate might not be as good as that of Nanny Fang.And once something happens to her and the fake girl is at the house again, who will know the girl?
"If they believe it—" Xin You paused.

Xiao Lian unconsciously opened her eyes wide, staring at that familiar face.

Xin You stared at Xiao Lian, and asked word by word, "Are you sure, do they want your girl to be alive?"

The blood on Xiao Lian's face faded instantly: "You, what do you mean?"

Compared with Xiao Lian's panic, the girl under the candlelight looked very calm: "The three girls from the Shaoqing Mansion climbed the mountain together with Ms. Kou, and only Ms. Kou slipped and fell off the cliff. Think about it. What do you say?"

"Impossible, my girl is the only granddaughter of the old lady, and the old lady loves her very much. The old lady also said that she would betroth the girl to the eldest son, and make her more intimate..." Xiaolian retorted subconsciously, but her expression became more and more serious. ugly.

That's right, four girls climbed the mountain together, why did only her girl fall off the cliff?Is it really the girl's bad luck?

There are so many people in Shaoqing Mansion, the only real outsiders are Kou Qingqing's master and servant.Once suspicions come together, they will grow wantonly like spring grass after rain.

"How about making a deal?" The girl leaned against the head of the bed with Su Huajin quilt, her expression calm.

Xiao Lian's heart calmed down for no reason: "What deal?"

"When I get better, I will accompany you to find Miss Kou on the pretext of visiting Grandpa Wang. Then whenever I find your girl, I will cooperate with her and quietly change my identity back."

Xiaolian couldn't help but nodded.

This is naturally safer than the unknown outcome of the quarrel now.

"Then what do you want?" Xiaolian asked with concern.

Xin You bent her lips, she was obviously smiling, but it made people feel bitter: "I came to Beijing alone, just in need of a place to stay, until I find Miss Kou, just let me stay here temporarily."

She didn't know who the murderer of her mother was. In this unfamiliar capital, she needed a safe identity rather than a place to stay.

And what better cover than being someone else?

Xiao Lian's expression kept changing, she pursed her lips and made a decision: "If...if my girl is gone, you can continue to live as a girl, but I have one condition."

Think about it calmly, the girl fell off such a high cliff, how many chances are there of surviving?
With tears in her eyes, Xiao Lian choked up and said, "Please help me find out if my girl's fall off the cliff was an accident!"

If she is the only little maid left, let alone secretly investigating, whether she can stay in Shaoqing's mansion is a matter of the master's words.This girl wants to gain a foothold as a girl for the time being, so she doesn't need a "girl" by her side.

Xin You nodded: "Okay."

Xiao Lian looked relieved, and asked, "I don't know what to call the girl?"

Xin You lowered her eyes: "I borrowed Miss Kou's identity, so my name doesn't matter."

Xiao Lian was silent for a moment, then bent her knees: "Girl, maidservant will continue to wipe your body."

Xin You nodded and said softly, "Thank you."

"It should be." Xiao Lian walked to the door and asked the little girl to change a basin of hot water again, and wrung out the towel to wipe Xin You's body.

It's just entered May, but the night is a bit stuffy, and suddenly a chill hits her shoulders, Xin You was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was Xiao Lian's tears.

After wiping her body, and putting on Miss Kou's undressed jacket, Xinyou suddenly felt much refreshed.

"The servant girl is resting outside, if you have something to do, just tell me." Xiao Lian put out the candle and walked out lightly.

Although Xinyou had slept through today, she soon became sleepy and fell asleep in a daze.

In the dream, the veins in both hands were bulging due to exertion, and the soft pillow embroidered with orchids was moved away, revealing Xiao Lian's face that had already died of anger.

With a loud noise, Xin You suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.

Thunder was rolling outside the window, and it was raining.

Summer showers always come so unexpectedly.Yu hurriedly knocked on the window lattice, Xin You listened attentively, and faintly heard suppressed sobbing.

It turned out that Xiao Lian hadn't slept all this time.

Xin You glanced at the door, thinking of the dream just now.

It was not a dream of foresight, but the picture seen during the day was too profound, and it reappeared in the dream.

Because of the reappearance, she noticed more details, such as Xiaolian's clothes.In the picture, she only saw Xiaolian's upper body, with white velvet flowers in her hair, and her clothes were all white.

For example——Xin You's eyes moved down and landed on the soft pillow at the head of the bed.

The soft pillow was still stained with her body temperature, and there were traces of her sleeping on it, and the corner of the apricot satin pillow cover was full of orchid leaves blooming faintly.

It turned out to be this pillow.

Xin You reached out and picked up the soft pillow embroidered with orchids.

(End of this chapter)