Concubine like a house

Chapter 36 The most difficult thing to understand a woman's heart (1)
On the first morning after Yunci's wedding, all the servants got up early, waiting to meet Mrs. Hou Ye, even Danxin was no exception, but no one went to inform Chuxiu.

Yun Ci and Xia Yanran stepped into the main hall one after another, and sat directly on the main seats.The latter looked up at the two rows of servants. There were many girls and boys, but only a few of them. They were all Zhiyanxuan's servants and maidservants.

Xia Yanran signaled her personal maid, Zhuo Yan, to bring over a box, inside which were various kinds of rewards, big maid, little maid, personal attendants, nurses...there was a fixed number of rewards.

The housekeeper, Yun Zhong, came forward to pay his respects first, followed by Zhu Ying.Knowing the status of these two people, Xia Yanran did not dare to neglect, and gave the meeting gift with a smile.

Afterwards, Qianyun and Danxin stepped forward together and bowed together to see each other.Qian Yun is not unusual, she bends her eyebrows quietly and submissively; Dan Xin has a surprised face, her face is pale and she almost lost her composure.Afterwards, some maidservants looked weird again, but they were the ones who served Yunci, and they knew how to behave, and they didn't reveal too much.

Xia Yanran was suspicious, so she couldn't help but pay attention to Yun Ci's reaction from the corner of her eye.

Tangtang Li Xinhou's expression was calm, seeing the servants paying respects one by one, he said: "Everyone is gone, let's go to work." Then he turned to Xia Yanran and said: "I'm going to Qingxinzhai."

Is this explaining your whereabouts to yourself?Xia Yanran knew that he was busy with work, so she didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, she just stood up and said, "Master Hou, go."

The servants made their own way and watched Yunci and Zhuying go away.

Xia Yanran didn't return to her seat until she saw that the people had gone far away, and waved to the servants, "Your Majesty has given orders just now, you should leave." , Said: "Leave the light rhyme and light heart."

Everyone saluted and said yes, and respectfully took their leave.

Xia Yanran had long heard that Yun Ci and Shen Yu had a very close relationship. Before Yun Ci inherited the title last year, Shen Yu had gifted him a beautiful maid, which she brought back from Jingzhou.But looking at it today... it seems that I haven't seen this person.

Seeing that the hall was completely clean, Xia Yanran took a sip from the teacup, and asked the two big maids with a smile, "Are all the servants of Zhiyanxuan here today?"

Danxin pursed her lips and did not say a word, Qian Yun had no choice but to truthfully say: "Master Hou also has a big servant girl who is dedicated to serving pen and ink. She has been feeling unwell recently, and Master Hou has relieved her of daily salutations and greetings."

Serving pen and ink full-time?That's a good job.Yunci takes up more than half of his time in Qingxinzhai every day, so don't they have to face each other every day?
The result of facing each other day by day is either boredom or love.The person was brought back from Jingzhou on purpose, obviously it was the latter type.Thinking like this, Xia Yanran seemed to ask casually: "Oh? What's her name?"

"Come out of Xiu." Qian Yun replied.

"If she's in good health, please come and see her."

Today the courtyard is very quiet, Chuxiu knows that everyone has gone to see the new wife.She knew she should go, but she didn't hear the rumor, and knew in her heart that this was what Yun Ci meant.Thinking like this, I had no choice but to practice calligraphy in the room to pass the time.

After writing two letters, the ink in the inkstone has dried up.Now even Chuxiu herself can't recognize whether it is Yun Ci's handwriting or her own handwriting.However, the words are getting more and more similar, but the hearts seem to be getting farther and farther away.

It would be better not to have this relationship, at least she can serve him as a maid and stand behind him like Danxin and the others.It was better than the current consequences, which made her unbearable.

After thinking about it, Chuxiu stopped writing and began to laugh at himself, but he heard a calm voice outside the house: "You knew it a long time ago, didn't you? Both you and Zhuying knew it? You just kept it from me?" The voice seemed to be complaining and cry.

Hearing the sound of Chuxiu, she pushed open the door, and she saw Danxin standing at the gate of the courtyard scolding someone, and the object of the scolding was...Qianyun.These two people have always been like sisters, how could there be discord?Chuxiu hurriedly stepped out of the door, and was about to speak to persuade, but Qian Yun's gaze had already looked over, calmly and with a bit of pity.

Chuxiu couldn't be sure of the meaning in her gaze, so Danxin just stopped talking at this moment, and looked over with red eyes: "Chuxiu..."

"What's the matter?" Chuxiu smiled, "What are you talking about standing at the door in broad daylight?"

Dan Xin turned her head away, unwilling to speak, but Qian Yun said, "Madam wants to see you."

"See me?" Chuxiu regretted it as soon as he said it.It is understandable for the master to tell the servant, not to mention that he and Yun Ci once...

Thinking of this, Chuxiu smiled: "I was being rude, I thought my wife didn't want to see me...let me go and pull my hair." After saying that, he hurried back to the room to tidy up.After all, she is Jian Yunci's regular wife, so she doesn't want to lose her composure too much.

After a while, Chuxiu had changed her clothes and went out again, her expression did not show a trace of sadness or joy, but she felt very uncomfortable when she looked at it calmly.

"Chuxiu, why don't I go and talk to the master..." Danxin tried to stop her from seeing Xia Yanran.

"Madam heard about the servants in the garden to bother Lord Hou about what to do." Since ancient times, the male master is outside and the female master is inside. This is a matter of the inner courtyard, and Yun Ci should not comment lightly.Thinking about going out of Xiuxiu, I followed Qianyun and Danxin to the front hall, "Let's go quickly, don't make Madam wait in a hurry."

Feeling hesitant to speak, he wanted to say something, but he felt stuck in his throat.Qian Yun turned around and led the way, without saying much.The three of them came to the front hall together, and Qian Yun said: "Ma'am, Chuxiu is here."

"Come in." A delicate and soft female voice sounded softly, very pleasant to the ear.

Chuxiu slightly lowered his eyes, walked into the house without looking sideways, and saluted: "Chuxiu is late, please forgive me, madam." The words were neither humble nor overbearing, respectful and polite.

The words of pleading guilty fell on the floor for a long time, but no one in the room answered the words.After a while, Xia Yanran heard Xia Yanran laughing and saying, "Come closer, raise your head."

Chuxiu had no choice but to approach slowly, and slowly raised his eyes to look at Xia Yanran.The moment their eyes met, the two women saw shock in each other's eyes.It's just, unbelievable...

Xia Yanran immediately got up from her seat, and unconsciously stepped closer to Chuxiu, as if she wanted to see more clearly.She originally thought that her appearance was already extremely beautiful, and it was because of this beauty that she dared to wait for Yun Ci. She didn't believe that he would be indifferent... But I can't believe that the maid in front of her is three points more beautiful than her!No makeup is so outstanding!

This face is so similar!After staring at Chuxiu for a long time, Xia Yanran took a good look and smiled, there was no lack of consolation in that smile.

But Chuxiu was still in shock, his eyebrows were frowning, his face was pale, and his throat seemed to be scorched and it was difficult to make a sound.The heart was also stabbed unexpectedly.The gratifying smile on the face of the new lady is so glaring, revealing some clues faintly, that expression is clearly telling her——I am just a substitute.

In the middle of the night, Shen Qin's understanding, kissing her to go to Dongyuan, treating her throat disease, teaching her to write... How much of Yun Ci's gentle and considerate reason is because of this similar face?No wonder he didn't care about his unclean body, but was willing to take pity on him.I see……

The eye sockets were burning hot in an instant, as if something was about to burst out.Can't cry!Never cry!Chuxiu warned herself in her heart, resisting the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, swallowing the bitterness like a knife, letting her heart ache.

She wants to hear an explanation from him!Even if she sees and hears, she has to listen to what he says before she believes it!
But, what should she say next, what should she do?Chuxiu's mind gradually became blank.Knowing that staring at her master like this is disrespectful, but she couldn't take her gaze away from Xia Yanran's face.

The two women who looked surprisingly similar looked at each other as if facing each other.It's just that one person has exquisite makeup and smiles like a flower; the other has a bleak complexion and lost his soul.

In the end, it was Xia Yanran who stretched out her hand first, smiled slightly at Chuxiu and said, "Your name sounds nice, but did it come from Lord Hou?"

Chuxiu couldn't speak anymore, fearing that she would be choked up, so she nodded.

Xia Yanran took advantage of the situation and sighed with a smile: "This name is so good! 'Yun Wuxin came out of Xiu', Lord Hou is telling himself not to be tempted by beauty!" She ignored Chuxiu's pale face, and then praised, "You are so beautiful! Only a man like Lord Hou can be indifferent."

The other party's words have come to this point, and Chuxiu has nothing to say, so he can only pull out a smile that is uglier than crying.

Seeing this, Xia Yanran laughed again: "For a beautiful person like you, I won't allow Master Hou to treat you badly. If you don't keep him in his room, will you be able to make money for outsiders? Now that Master Hou and I are newly married, I can't replace you. He decides, in two years, I will definitely speak to Lord Hou and take you into my house."

"Ma'am..." Chuxiu said with a hoarse voice, not knowing how to respond to this sentence.

"Ma'am, if you say that, this slave girl will be wronged for Lord Hou!" When the atmosphere was awkward, a maid behind Xia Yanran smiled and said, "Madam wants to take this girl from Xiuxiu into her room, and it depends on Hou Ye. Will the master be willing or not? The servant may not be willing to look at an infatuated person like Lord Hou."

"Damn girl! How do you know?" Xia Yanran pretended to blame.

"How could this servant not know? Lord Hou married you with your fingertips, childhood sweetheart. For you, he even changed the name of this garden to 'Zhiyanxuan'. Isn't he expressing his heart to you?"

The maid said so, and then introduced herself to Qianyun, Danxin and Chuxiu: "Hi three sisters, I was brought over by my wife from my natal family, and my name is Zhuoyan." Shut up.

Looking at Zhuoyan's words indifferently, he opened his mouth to ask the origin of the name "Zhiyanxuan".However, before she could speak, she saw Qianyun's eye knife handed over, so she had no choice but to swallow the question back.

"Okay, okay, don't look at the occasion when you talk, you don't have to make people laugh, I don't know how to teach maids." Xia Yanran blamed Zhuoyan, "Look at the three people around Master Hou, you should learn from them in the future. .”

"The servant girl is just telling the truth..." Zhuo Yan accepted the order reluctantly and said yes.

So far this morning, the smile on Xia Yanran's face has never stopped. At this moment, she said to Chuxiu and the other three people: "Go and do your work quickly, don't listen to Zhuoyan's nonsense." Her words were gentle, without a trace of airs, and she never He took out a hairpin from his hair, and handed it to Chuxiu with a smile: "You are the most suitable for my eyes, and I am afraid that other things will disgrace you. This hairpin was given by my natal family, you must accept it."

Is it... Hairpin again?Out of time, Chuxiu thought of Ming Ying, as well as the hairpin scars on her arms.To wave away these wild thoughts, she could only bow down and salute, and respectfully took the hairpin and left.

Faintly, Chuxiu seemed to hear Danxin asking behind him: "What is the relationship between Zhiyanxuan and Madam?"

"Madam's small characters are called 'Pin Yan'." The person who answered was Qian Yun.

Pinyan, Zhiyan...Chuxiu's heart throbbed suddenly, cruel and unstoppable.She returned to the courtyard with vain steps, and finally couldn't hold on any longer. Her mind sank, her breathing stagnated, and she passed out while rubbing her heart...

When I woke up from Chuxiu, it was already in the evening, and the sunset glow in the evening illuminated the room with a hazy golden light, and then gradually dimmed, showing a somewhat lingering beauty of regret.As soon as she opened her eyes, she was dazzled by the light, she closed them slightly, and after gathering herself, she saw clearly the person guarding the bed.

"Han Chu." Reflecting the dim light in front of the window, the lake-blue figure no longer had the romantic look in his impression, and appeared somewhat serious for no reason.

"Young Master." Chuxiu tried to get up, but was pushed down by Shen Yu's hand.

"You haven't confinement yet, why are you being brave?" Shen Yu said with restraint, not knowing whether to sigh or reprimand.

Just this one sentence has already made Chuxiu almost cry.Today, she is finally willing to admit that Yun Ci was right not to want this child.

"Are you still determined to stay now? If you change your mind, I..."

"Thank you for your kindness." Before Shen Yu could finish speaking, Chuxiu interrupted lightly, sat up and said, "If I take this opportunity of grief to take advantage of you, it would be unfair to you. What's more, this matter is not Blame him."

"Don't blame him, can it be you?" Shen Yu obviously knew what had happened, and suddenly became angry again, "It actually fulfilled his infatuation with his new wife, what about you? You know that he hasn't come since you fainted Have you seen it?"

"He has difficulties." Chu Xiuru defended Yun Ci and closed his eyes again.

"Han Chu, you are really..." Shen Yu had almost gritted his teeth.

How can you not know when you come out of Xiu?There was only a wry smile: "Man and woman can't kiss each other, thank you little lord for taking care of me. Please call Danxin."

"She can't come." Shen Yu's words were full of sarcasm, "Xia Yanran felt dizzy due to fatigue today, and there are not enough people around her, so I will transfer my heart to serve her."

Hearing this, Chuxiu's heart was surprisingly calm, and there was no ups and downs in his tone: "Forget it, I still want to sleep, so I won't send the young master off."

She said and planned to lie down again.But suddenly there was a rapid breathing sound in my ear, and Shen Yu got up suddenly, unable to bear it any longer: "Wait! I'm going to ask Wan Zhi why Xia Yanran was dizzy and he just stood still; you But the person who was pregnant with a child, he didn't even say a word!"

"No! Don't go!" Chuxiu urgently stretched out his hand to tug at Shen Yu, his fingers barely brushed over the corner of the robe, but he dodged it again.

"Why don't you let me go? Or do you prefer to deceive yourself? Han Chu?" He still used to call her by her former name, as if this would bring them closer.

"It's not that I'm deceiving myself..." Chuxiu had no choice but to explain, "I'll wait for him to tell me...but I won't ask."

"If he doesn't take the initiative to explain to you, you'll just keep waiting? Don't ask?" Shen Yu's forehead showed blue veins, and his whole body exuded a strong anger, like thunder and lightning, with an invincible sharpness.

Chuxiu just looked at him silently, his eyes full of pleading: "I beg you, for the sake of the past...don't go."

Shen Yu is a big man and the son of a marquis, so why have you never seen him in the world?However, at this moment, facing the begging of his beloved woman, he actually felt the pain was unbearable.

He clearly knows that Han Chu is a character who doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back. From this point of view, he is no different from her.Shen Yu only took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger and pain in his heart, and replied: "Okay, I won't go."

Only then did Chuxiu let out a low sigh of relief: "Now...it's really inappropriate. He just got married, and I, a servant, have no right to ask. Just wait, if he still misses me, he will always come." Those words Among them, there is no lack of persistence.

Shen Yu was silent for a while, then sighed: "Han Chu, you treated him so well, but you treated me so cruelly." He tried his best to speak as nonchalantly as possible, unwilling to admit that he was jealous, and he felt very uncomfortable after drinking.

Sure enough, Chuxiu smiled weakly: "I have no choice but to repay your love in the next life."

"I don't blame you..." How could Shen Yu be willing to blame her, "If I had found out earlier, you would not have been bullied by Chacha and ridiculed by me... If I had treated you better, you would not have Follow him away."

Shen Yu knew that it would be too late to say more now.Once because of He Lianqi, and once because of Yunci, she and him were only one step away, yet they passed him twice.She didn't see his maturity and transformation, and he didn't wait for her to look back.

"I fell asleep." Chu Xiu only felt sleepy.It's better to fall asleep, so that you don't have to face the bloody fact, no child, no substitute, and no abandonment.What's more, Shen Yu's confession made her unable to repay.

"Go to sleep." Shen Yu knew that she wanted to avoid it, but she was unwilling to force it, "I'll give you some soothing incense."

(End of this chapter)