The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 84 Add fuel to the fire
"Grandma, watch your step."

Xu Qingluo carefully supported Mrs. Xu to the front of the carriage, and helped her lift the curtain of the carriage. She was extraordinarily careful in her movements. Mrs. Xu took a look at the girl's sincere face, hummed, and went on. that carriage.

"Grandma, the road is bumpy, I put some extra cushions in the car, you—"

Xu Qingluo hadn't finished speaking when a whispered admiration came from behind: "Sister is so careful, the people around the old lady didn't even think of it, so it can be seen that she is not as good as sister."

Xu Weiwan's words seemed to be admirable, but they had swords and guns between them. One was to make the servants around the old lady dissatisfied with Xu Qingluo, and the other was to satirize Xu Qingluo's job as a servant now, and his status was not necessarily so noble. However, even at the dinner table, the old lady said that their mother and daughter were in charge of the servants, and they were still angry.

Xu Qingluo turned around and looked at Xu Weiwan and Xiao Zhou. Instead of directly choking on Xu Weiwan who was smiling warmly and intimately, she asked back with a half-smile: "Grandmother has already got into the car, you should go if you don't hurry up." Don’t delay the trip, why did you come here instead?”

"What is a place to stay!"

Xiao Zhou's subconscious rebuttal was reminded by Xu Weiwan's eyes, her pale face froze in anxiety, and she smiled flatteringly in the next moment: "I mean that the place where our mother and daughter should stay is beside the old lady. It's a long journey, and I think that the old lady is bored in the car alone, and I can relieve the boredom by talking with the old lady in the car."

Little Zhou looked at the old lady eagerly. Since this morning, she and Xu Weiwan have noticed that the old lady's attitude is cold. The two of them are anxious to do something to make the old lady return to her original attitude.

Xu Qingluo smiled: "Really?"

She didn't agree or disagree, because the old lady who really made the decision had already given Mrs. Zhou the answer. Mrs. Xu closed her eyes and leaned on the thick and soft cushion. Some people talk to relieve boredom and just want to have a good rest.

Looking eagerly at the little Mrs. Zhou of the old lady: "."

She looked a little ugly, but she still didn't want to let it go, and wanted to say something more.

"Grandma seems to want to have a good rest. Mother, let's not disturb the old lady. After the old lady has rested, we can come here to relieve the old lady."

Xu Weiwan may be too flexible compared to the little Zhou, and the embarrassment in her heart is not weaker than the little Zhou, but the little Zhou can temporarily let her temper go, she can't!
Xu Qingluo looked at the back of the mother and daughter leaving, the smile on her lips dissipated, and for a moment her complexion was colder than this winter.

"Wan'er is still good, but the Zhou family still needs to work hard."

The old lady suddenly said, the words meant something, Xu Qingluo listened, but didn't agree immediately, even if she needed to give old lady Xu face and put in a lot of effort to praise her, it was only because the old lady always promised Good mother, as for Xu Weiwan, Xu Qingluo knew that it would be better if she was superficially polite and intimate with her, but she didn't want to and was unwilling to do so, Xu Weiwan was not worthy either!
Mrs. Xu opened her eyes, looking at the silent Xu Qingluo, she seemed a little worried: "Luo'er, you don't seem to agree with the old man's words?"

Xu Qingluo smiled again, and the smile was generous and pleasant: "It's okay for grandma to stay by my side if she likes to make fun of it, as long as grandma is happy—"

These words seem to agree with Mrs. Xu's words, but they do not hesitate to place Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter in a lowly status.

Mrs. Xu frowned and looked at her, looking at Xu Qingluo's clear eyes, thinking of Xu Qingluo's series of behaviors this morning: "Forget it, you and Wan'er haven't spent much time together after all."

Although she now has some liking for Xu Qingluo, but thinking of Xu Qingluo's mother, Mrs. Xu is firm in her plans.

Heh, didn't we spend more time together?You didn't spend much time with her.

Xu Qingluo thought it was ridiculous when Xu Weiwan told her that all the hundreds of members of Xu's family died before she died in her previous life. Mrs. Xu just wanted to scare off Xu's mother. Luo embarrassingly brought Xu Weiwan's affairs to Xu's mother, but never expected that what she recruited into the family was not a chess piece that could be held in the palm of her hand, but a poisonous snake.

"You have to take good care of grandma on the way. If grandma needs anything, please tell her as much as possible, you know? Also, grandma's body is not resistant to the cold, so she needs to burn more charcoal, but she needs to be ventilated from time to time, so as not to let the charcoal gas disturb her. The old lady—"

Xu Qingluo ordered Mrs. Xu's personal maid who was sitting on the other side of the carriage, and gave them everything.

After everything was ordered, Xu Qingluo and the old lady left. The old lady was a little worried because she didn't answer her words, but she heard that Xu Qingluo was thinking of herself so much, so she didn't say anything more.

Xu Qingluo turned around and went to her own carriage. She spent money to buy a carriage in the inn, otherwise there would be two carriages in total, one for the old lady and her maid, and one for Xu Weiwan and her daughter. Qingluo didn't think that if she wasn't prepared, no one would think of her.

Even the old lady praised her several times now for being sensible, well-behaved and sweet-talking, but when they parted just now, the other party didn't think of asking her whether she would walk back or if she had a carriage to go back.

Xu Qingluo paused, only because of the beautiful and gentle girl, Xu Weiwan, who was smiling slightly at her in front of her.

"elder sister."

There was some joy in Xu Weiwan's eyes, and she came to meet Xu Qingluo, behind her was Baicao with a troubled face, she didn't like this girl who was running on her daughter last night and this morning at all.

Xu Qingluo watched as Xu Weiwan remained silent, waiting to see what she would do next.

"Sister, it took a long time to go to the ferry on this way. Wan'er thought of her mother's words to her sister many times, so she came to apologize. By the way, she wanted to come here to talk to her sister, so that she could relieve her boredom. A chance for my sister to show off?"

Xu Weiwan didn't avoid the words that Xiao Zhou's ranting against Xu Qingluo several times, but she spoke bluntly and separated her from Xiao Zhou. To be honest, from the time they met to now, no matter how many times Xu Weiwan's words contained small thorns, at least she was clear. On the surface, she was not rude to Xu Qingluo, and even prevented Xiao Zhou from finding fault several times. If someone who didn't know her or was easy to deceive, she might be really deceived at this moment.

Xu Qingluo's body was on one side, avoiding Xu Weiwan's hand that wanted to hold her arm to make an intimate look, tilting his head, looking at Xu Weiwan who was sincere, he slightly raised his lips, and smiled faintly: " I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the girl. I just don't have much energy right now. After spending time with my grandmother, I want to accompany you. The girl has forgotten that I guarded the door for my grandmother last night and stayed up all night, right? If you are bored, feel free to Go find someone who is boring and energetic, but I want to take a good rest."

Xu Qingluo's words were not polite at all, and it could even be said to be a harsh rejection, especially compared to Xu Weiwan's "sister" and "girl", which made people feel uncomfortable.

Xu Weiwan fully withdrew her hand that wanted to touch Xu Qingluo's arm, she was speechless for a while, facing Xu Qingluo's softness and toughness, she even didn't do anything to her, and didn't follow the rules Yes, she was at a loss.

Xu Qingluo put away the light smile that was not very enthusiastic at the corner of her mouth, and ignored the embarrassed Xu Weiwan who was rejected by her, stepped forward, passed Xu Weiwan directly, pulled Baicao into her carriage.

She was indeed very sleepy, even if she took some refreshing medicine, it would not be worth going to sleep directly.

"Miss, you should treat that Xu Weiwan like that. You don't know, that kind of person looks flattering and flattering to you, but in fact, he may not have any bad ideas in his heart. I still remember how she looked like last night. One mouthful and one grandma, they are called Shunliu, but in fact, they are all entangled by themselves, what attitude they had last night, what attitude they had just now, they are more defensive than her mother."

Baicao is not a bad-mouthed person who likes to speak ill of people behind their backs, but she was very bored with Xu Weiwan, so she couldn't help but started talking to Xu Qingluo.

Xu Qingluo listened to Baicao's crusade against Xu Weiwan behind her back, but this time she didn't stop her, but after she finished speaking, after she said she was happy, she couldn't help chuckling: "Baicao, your vision has grown, but I, who has grown even more, Seeing that it is your knowledge, now you can even talk about the front and back, it really is amazing."

Baicao was praised by Xu Qingluo, scratched his head in embarrassment, and laughed: "Miss, don't make fun of me, my knowledge has improved, and you know that I have been the worst at studying since I was a child." , I get a headache when I read the book, and I learned it naturally after being around you, miss."

"He also said that his knowledge has not improved, how many idioms have you just said?"

Xu Qingluo reached out and pinched Baicao's cheek: "You, you are not stupid at all, you just don't want to learn. After I go back, I must give you a good remedial lesson, so that you can refute a lot of people directly in the future, don't envy me It's done by itself."

Xu Qingluo said with a smile, but she really thought so. Baicao has always been by her side no matter in the past or present. She wants Baicao to have her own skills or other abilities. Will be bullied by anyone.

"Ah, don't miss it, please spare Baicao."

Baicao looked bitter.

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"Wan'er, you shouldn't be making fun of yourself, that Xu Qingluo is simply a little bitch who doesn't want to get into anything, instead of having a good relationship with her, you might as well think about how to make the old lady like us again , Is it my granddaughter, look, we flattered her so much the past two days, we told you to call her grandmother, but it seems like I forgot when my granddaughter came, Wan'er, do you think we are Want to find another way out? I don’t think Mrs. Xu is very reliable, it’s not as good as our mother—”

"Don't mention the original!"

Xu Weiwan was thinking about something, but the little Zhou who was next to her kept complaining that she didn't bother to answer, but when little Zhou opened her mouth, it turned out that she seemed to be touched by some kind of reverse scale, her soft and beautiful face was instantly distorted, Some ferocious appearance directly silenced Xiao Zhou: "Mother, you remember, we have no way out. That old godly woman is the most suitable person we can find. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. If you can't If I want to go back to my old life as Miss Xu, then I might as well die."

Little Zhou groaned silently.

Xu Weiwan tightly clasped the handkerchief in her hand, the twist on her cheeks calmed down little by little, and she had a soft and gentle look again: "No matter how elder sister Xu treats me, she is always the granddaughter of the old lady. It's capricious, I have to bear it, after all we can't live up to the old lady's expectations, can't we?"

Xu Weiwan lowered her voice when she spoke just now, but now she deliberately raised her voice when she said this. Xiao Zhou received her daughter's gaze and nodded in agreement.

-

The wheels of the carriage were turning slowly, and Xu Qingluo fell asleep unconsciously. She was indeed very tired. When her head touched the soft pillow, she couldn't help squinting. Baicao watched as her young lady finally fell asleep, with a reassuring smile on her lips, took out the blanket from her side, carefully covered the girl who was curled up and half lying down, and looked at the black hair under the corner of Xu Qingluo's eyes. The red eye circles were full of distress, and he couldn't help but slander Mrs. Xu, Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter, and those servants around the old lady who looked down on others, and then felt more comfortable.

It's just obvious that Xu Qingluo wants to take a good rest, but others don't necessarily want her to be comfortable.

The carriage stopped suddenly, Baicao thought it was at the ferry at first, opened the curtains of the carriage and looked out, the surrounding area was deserted, a row of carriages parked on the rugged path, there was no trace of the river crossed last night, even Yes, not at all.

"Why did it stop before it arrived? What's the matter? Why didn't you leave?"

Baicao lowered her voice and asked Xiao Liu who was driving the car.

Xiao Liu hadn't answered yet, but a maid rushed forward and raised her chin slightly arrogantly at Baicao: "The old lady is awake, let Miss Sun go over and talk to her to relieve boredom."

As if it was such an honor, Baicao felt a bit depressed: "Our young lady kept vigil for the old lady last night, and she just fell asleep, can you—"

"Baicao, it's my honor for grandma to talk to me, no matter how sleepy I am, grandma should be the first, shut up."

Xu Qingluo's voice came from behind the curtain of the car, with a hint of hoarseness that hadn't woken up.

"Please go report to grandma, I will go after I get dressed."

Xu Qingluo's voice was polite, the maid was very arrogant towards Baicao, but she was much more polite towards Xu Qingluo: "Before leaving, the old lady specially asked the maidservant to tell Miss Sun that the weather is very cold and she must wear more clothes. It’s about keeping out the cold.”

Obviously, the old lady's attitude determined the attitude of these servants. Compared with last night and this morning, these servants were obviously much more polite to Xu Qingluo.

Xu Qingluo responded, and the other party left.

"Miss, you just fell asleep and didn't have much time to sleep. You have been tired for so long, where can you rest, or you can tell the old lady to say goodbye for a while—" Baicao complained for Xu Qingluo.

Xu Qingluo smiled suddenly: "Silly Baicao, I know you are doing it for my own good, but do you want your lady to be wronged for a while in exchange for a long-term peace, so that you can rest easy every night in the future, or do you want your lady to be peaceful?" At this moment, for a few days of comfort, let yourself not be at peace in the future?"

"Naturally, it is good to have peace every day."

Baicao subconsciously said.

"That's not it."

Xu Qingluo smiled lightly, but his eyes were full of coldness: "If you don't take advantage of these few days of hard work to get rid of the disaster, how can you live a leisurely life in the future? It's a rare opportunity."

Baicao understood and didn't understand, looking at Xu Qingluo with a confused face.

Naturally, she didn't know that Xu Qingluo was talking about Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter. Since Mrs. Xu asked her to approach such a good opportunity, she would not go in vain.

"Baicao, go and get that fox fur cloak, I'll get dressed quickly and go to see my grandmother, I can't make people wait too long."

Xu Qingluo thought of something, turned her head and gave an order.

Baicao was stunned: "Miss, we didn't pack any fox fur in our luggage."

She packed the luggage, but she really didn't remember packing it in herself.

"There are."

Xu Qingluo said so, and then Baicao really found a fox fur cloak in the luggage, which was warm, and she looked happy: "Miss, you must not be cold when you wear this—"

He also forgot to ask Xu Qingluo how he knew there must be something inside.

Xu Qingluo tidied up her clothes, put the fox fur on her body, got out of the car, the cold wind brushed her cheeks, it was very cold, but covered by the fox fur, it was very warm from the neck down.

Rubbing the collar of this fox fur with her fingertips, the hair there was not so neat, and even a little incomplete, Xu Qingluo thought and hoped that the grandmother would remember this.

"Miss, ma'am."

Just as Xu Qingluo took a step, Baicao's voice came from behind her, and she stopped and turned her head.

Baicao trotted up to her and lowered her voice: "Miss, I just remembered that this fox fur has been put on hold for a long time, and it seems that there are still some damages. You can change it, otherwise, if the old lady is not satisfied or is caught by that What should I do if I look down on the mother and daughter, there are other intact furs in the salute—"

Xu Qingluo raised her fingertips slightly on her lips, and smiled meaningfully: "Don't worry, if this fox fur is not damaged, I still won't choose it."

Baicao looked at Xu Qingluo's back, inexplicable.

It's getting harder and harder to guess what her young lady's behavior is.

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Xu Qingluo had just walked in front of Mrs. Xu's carriage, and before she opened the curtain, she heard chatter and laughter inside, most of which were Xiao Zhou's seemingly bright and straightforward voice, mixed with the old lady's hoarse laughter. With Xu Weiwan's embarrassing low voice, the three of them seemed to get along better than when she saw them in the morning.

Xu Qingluo sneered, Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter have the ability to coax the old lady once, twice, she will see if they can keep the old lady under her wing, talk more and make more mistakes, talk less and make mistakes less, coax people more often Yes, but I will accidentally reveal my secrets.

The curtain of the car was lifted by the maid, and Xu Qingluo saw the situation in the car at a glance.

Xu Weiwan and Xiao Zhou were sitting on both sides of Mrs. Xu, facing the heater, it was very warm, Xu Weiwan's cheeks were even a little red, I don't know if it was hot or just joking. 'Shame'.

The old lady closed her eyes with a smile on her lips, as if she was closing her eyes and resting her mind.

Xu Qingluo got into the carriage naturally, as if she was completely indifferent to Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter, without the slightest strange expression, but Xu Weiwan, as if shocked, before Xu Qingluo stood still, she panicked stood up in his seat: "Sister."

It seemed that Xu Qingluo was some kind of scourge, very frightening, but her frightened movements were too big, Mrs. Xu sat close to her, she was awakened suddenly, and opened her eyes in dissatisfaction: "What's wrong?"

"Old madam, it's my concubine and Wan'er who have crossed the line. Only Miss Sun is qualified to sit next to you. We, mother and daughter, come from humble backgrounds, but we can't sit."

While Little Zhou said the words Xu Weiwan taught her with some sourness, she also stood up, because the carriage compartment was only half the height of a person, and when she stood up, she could only bend down, Xu Weiwan and Little Zhou's appearance is really a bit pitiful, very good, he knows how to advance and retreat in the morning, can talk, and can pretend to be pitiful. In the morning, it is so easy for Xu Qingluo to deal with their mother and daughter because the two of them have had a good time by the old lady's side these days After going along the river, I became more concerned about it for a while, and now after the two of them were 'beaten' by Xu Qingluo, they adjusted immediately, and they were adjusted according to the old lady's temperament, and they were also talents.

Mrs. Xu's complexion has changed, and she looks unhappy. As I said earlier, she was born as a maid, and on the surface she attaches great importance to rules. In fact, she hates people showing off the rules in front of her, especially the rules that don't suit her. .

Mrs. Zhou always pays attention to the old lady's complexion. Seeing that the old lady's complexion has changed, she knows that there is something wrong with her, and she looks more and more pitiful. Before the old lady and Xu Qingluo can react or say anything, she continues: " Ms. Sun herself said that she is the only lady of the Xu family, and she has a very distinguished status. Although Wan'er and I also have the surname of Xu, they are people with foreign surnames, and people with foreign surnames are indeed insignificant. Sitting next to the old lady Didn't it dirty the old lady's brocade couch?"

Mrs. Xu looked at Xu Qingluo with extremely cold eyes: "Luo'er, is what Aunt Zhou said true? Did you really say that she and Wan'er are people with different surnames?"

What she hated even more was the sentence Xiao Zhou said about the only lady, what is the only lady, if it weren't for Liang Yun's hen that doesn't lay eggs, her sons would have already grown into flocks, so why is there only one? Xu Qingluo, as for the fact that there will not be a filial son and grandson who will fall in front of his soul in the future, Mrs. Xu's little affection for Xu Qingluo was replaced by hatred of black and black for a while, and she didn't feel that the other party was looking at Xu Qingluo. He looks like his own son, but no matter how you look at it, he looks like Liang Yun.

Xiao Zhou's and Xu Weiwan looked at each other, and there was a flash of pride in their eyes. It seemed that they had indeed found the right solution this time.

Xu Qingluo deserved to be used as a stepping stone by Xu Weiwan, without her stepping, how could Xu Weiwan get into the eyes of the old lady, although the two mothers and daughters didn't know what the old lady was thinking, they had instinctively chosen the most favorable method.

Xu Qingluo met Mrs. Xu's disgusted and indifferent gaze squarely, with a clear and shallow face, without any look of fear: "It is indeed from Luoer's mouth to say that their mother and daughter are people with different surnames."

She actually admitted it directly, let alone Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter, even Mrs. Xu was stunned.

"Old Madam, it seems that Ms. Sun is born noble, but we look down on people with low status like our mother and daughter, and we are humiliating ourselves. Originally, Wan'er wanted to get close to Ms. Sun, really, really—"

What is it, Xiao Zhou didn't say, but desperately fought the fire.

"Mother, stop talking. My sister was born as a young lady. How can she experience this? She would say that because of her status."

Xu Weiwan added fuel to the fire.

The next moment, the old lady's face was filled with anger: "Born to be a young lady? Such a status? I don't know when the young lady of the Xu family became so honorable."

Xu Weiwan's mother and daughter once again reminded her of her background as a maid.

Seeing Xu Qingluo's calm and generous expression without the slightest fear, the more magnanimous she felt, the more she felt that she was born to be a young lady with what Xu Weiwan said, the more angrily she became, she looked at Xu Weiwan coldly Qingluo: "Since you feel that people with other surnames are not honorable enough, then you can sit on the small stool alone, and you will humiliate your status as a young lady."

(End of this chapter)