Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 18 Doubt

Xiao Jinglan's eyebrows lit up, and the sun was shining brightly, and his spirit was high: "So Miss San doesn't hate me?"

Changing faces is faster than flipping a book.

Murong Wei had a headache, "How dare my little girl?" After saying that, she restrained herself as a courtesy, quickened her pace and planned to leave the place of right and wrong first, with a bad feeling.

"Oh? Miss doesn't hate me, she must like me!"

Murong Wei froze, turned her head, and had the urge to rush up and beat him up, this brat dared to tease her?
Xiao Jinglan played with the jade flute with his right hand, sculpted his eyebrows into his temples, his black eyes were like jade, sparkling, too bright.

Murong Wei took a deep breath, and looked at him with a half-smile, "Second Young Master, you are joking, men and women can't get close, please respect yourself!" She emphasized the word self-respect, is she so beautiful?
If she hadn't been physically smaller than him now, she really wanted to go and ask him...

Xiao Jinglan snorted, with an unruly face: "What are the etiquette and rules? I don't like that. I see that you are not an ordinary person, why do you like to care about these things?" After speaking, his chin lifted, and the beautiful curve of the neck can be seen at a glance.

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "Thank you, the little girl is just an ordinary person." After all, she didn't bother to talk nonsense with him anymore, this kid must be stupid at Wudang Mountain, did he think she liked these rules, but this world always treats girls It is strict, especially for an unmarried woman who accidentally ruined her reputation by making a mistake. She might not be able to get married because of the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng.

If she doesn't care about these things, it won't be him who will be unlucky!
Seeing her turn around and leave extremely quickly, Xiao Jinglan suddenly shouted: "How about I marry you?"

Murong Wei almost fell, ignored him and left.

Seeing her appearance, Xiao Jinglan suddenly burst out laughing, with a narrow smile on her face, seeing her expression and attitude getting worse and worse from the beginning to the end, and finally she simply left, it was very interesting.

It was such fun to tease her, but he found it fun.

Murong Wei left the guy far away, still muttering in her heart, since she came to this world, she has never seen a man say such meng lang words to her, she looks like an ignorant dude.

When they arrived in the west wing, Murong Lan was leaning on the lavender floral pillow, seeing her coming, a trace of astonishment flashed across her face.

The smile in Murong Wei's eyes deepened, and she asked with a smile, "Is Eldest Sister feeling better?"

Murong Lan's heart was churning, and she glanced at her suspiciously: "I just took the medicine, and I feel much better now."

Murong Wan'er hurriedly asked: "Can the chrysanthemum appreciation continue?" She didn't want to stay here with Murong Lan at all, she was already full of resentment.

Murong Wei smiled and said: "Not yet, the fourth sister will go as soon as she wants to go, I will accompany the eldest sister here." She laughed in her heart, especially seeing Murong Lan's confused, astonished and disappointed expression, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Xiao Mian, dare to do something to me, Murong Lan, I gave you a chance, I will not offend you if you don't offend me, if you offend me, you will pay back ten times.

Her eyes flickered, thinking of the days to come, Murong Lan would definitely taste what it means to be in dire straits.

She'd better not move her mind.

Murong Wan'er hurriedly got up and went out.

Murong Lan felt depressed, she seemed to be fine when she saw that she was fine, she guessed in her heart whether the dose of medicine was not enough, otherwise she didn't pass out except that she was mentally weak?
The two sisters chatted indifferently, each with their own ghosts.

After half an hour the banquet was over, Qing Li came to visit Murong Lan, saw that she looked much better than before, and apologized again, so he sent their sisters to the Chuihua Gate.

When she got home, Murong Wei saw Yue Gu bringing in a plate of sweet white porcelain snacks, "Girl, I personally made the snacks according to your recipe, try it."

When Murong Wei saw the dim sum, there were plum-red pumpkin jelly, crystal clear, autumn-colored peanut butter cake, peanut honey lotus paste ball, sweet potato shredded cake, etc. There were several items. What she is good at is making dim sum. Murong Wei took a few bites and smiled: "Gu Yue's craftsmanship is getting better and better. Send these to my elder sister."

Aunt Yue smiled brightly: "It's just as long as the girl likes it, or she is smart. I haven't tried a few dim sum recipes."

"According to the book, it depends on Yuegu's craftsmanship."

After Murong Lan came back, she leaned on the beauty's couch to rest. The eldest lady heard that she was not feeling well, so she came over and had a talk with her.

At this time, the eldest maid Suxue came in with a boxwood snack box, "Eldest Miss, Third Miss asked someone to bring over the snacks, and she said she was the one who made them."

Murong Lan raised her eyebrows, and when she saw those snacks, she snorted: "Is she so kind?"

Of course Suxue understood what she meant: "Servant, let's try it first."

Suxue took a few mouthfuls, but the more she ate, the more she wanted to eat more. Although the dim sum is just ordinary ingredients, but it is well made, she twitched her index finger.

"Miss, this dessert is really well done."

Seeing her appearance, Murong Lan felt a little hungry, so she tasted the pumpkin jelly and a few snacks, and thought they were not bad.

Seeing her expression, Suxue said hastily: "Why don't I ask the cook for a recipe?"

When Murong Lan thought about it, she was thinking too much, what does that woman Murong Wei know, so that she would not be poisoned by the food she ate.

Murong Lan wasn't sick at all, she got better after drinking the medicine, rested for a night, and recovered to normal the next day.

Murong Wei got up early to go to Da Furen's place to say hello, seeing that she was already as usual.

When she came back, Qiu Fang stood aside with an uncertain expression, Murong Wei glanced at her and sneered in her heart.

When she came back yesterday, she felt weird. At night, Murong Wei asked Lu'er to stare at her, and she saw her whispering something to Murong Lan's maid, Suyu, saying that she was pretending to be an excuse. Who doesn't know what she was up to? .

I'm afraid Murong Lan suspected that she didn't do her best!

Murong Wei doesn't want to do anything, since the other party likes to play, then she will give her an Infernal Affairs.

Let her know what she should know, let her know what she should not know, she will never want to know.

Back in Mo Garden, Murong Wei sat on the kang and continued to embroider. For some reason, she seemed to have no talent for embroidery, and Yuegu shook her head every time she saw it.

After a while, Murong Wei put down the embroidery, went to the storeroom to get some medicinal materials and came back, dismissed the maid, and fiddled in the room by herself for a long time.He also took the thin peacock thread woven by Yuegu, threw it into the concoction, closed the lid, and put it in the wooden box next to the bed.

At night, I took out the silk thread, took a small copper-gilt and silver smoker cage, and smoked it all night.

Qiu Fang came in with tremella and bird's nest soup, saw Murong Wei writing something under the palace lamp of the octagonal lady, glanced at it, it was "Miao Dharma Lotus Sutra".

"Miss, you are tired too. Let's drink the bird's nest first and then write. Why did the lady copy the Buddhist scriptures?"

Murong Wei said indifferently: "It's about self-cultivation." She took the tremella and bird's nest soup, ate it slowly, and glanced at Qiu Fang, "Qiu Fang, your mother is at home, right?"

"That's right, the slaves and servants' families are all family-born, and they have worked in the mansion for several generations."

Murong Wei closed her eyes, Qiufang's family is just an ordinary servant girl, she is counting on Qiufang's first-class maid to support her family on a monthly basis.

"The third-class maid in my room has been missing since Chun'er got married in May. Your sister seems to be at home."

Qiu Fang's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she quickly knelt down on the ground: "Thank you, Miss, I was planning to find something for her to do, it would be great if I could come here!"

"Bring her here and let me have a look. If it's about the same, let her start as a fourth-class maid first, and then talk about it in three months."

Qiu Fang knew that this was the rule of the mansion, so she thanked her immediately and went back to Datong Institute to report the letter happily.

When Murong Wei saw her receding back, her eyes were unpredictable.

Lu'er was on duty tonight, and looked at the hourglass, but it was already the right hour.

Seeing Murong Wei's cold expression, Lu'er's heart trembled. The lady asked her to see Qiufang's whereabouts last night. When she came back and told the lady, the lady's eyes were very cold, like watching a clown. Laugh mockingly.

Lu'er seemed to understand a little bit in her heart, and she was even more happy that Miss trusted her.

Murong Wei lowered her eyes and continued to copy the Buddhist scriptures, and said lightly: "You are a smart person, there are some things I don't need to say."

Lu'er quickly said: "Yes, I understand."

Lu'er suddenly looked at Miss Shang's frightening black eyes, feeling a little timid in her heart, as if under those bright eyes, she couldn't escape any sneaky things, she could see through them.

Early the next morning, Lu'er was combing Murong Wei's hair when she suddenly heard Xiangtao's chirping voice: "Miss something happened!"

Lu'er's heart trembled, and she subconsciously looked at Miss, but she also looked surprised: "What happened?"

"Missy just had a stomachache. I invited a doctor and said that Missy was poisoned."

Murong Wei looked surprised: "How is it possible, would someone dare to poison the elder sister? What did the doctor say?"

Xiangtao said mysteriously: "I heard that Missy ate crabs last night, could it be that the crabs are not clean? The doctor prescribed medicine, and Missy seems to be better now after drinking the medicine."

Murong Wei frowned and said, "But other people in the house also ate crabs, so why are they all right? Wait, I'll go take a look after cleaning up."

Lu'er hastily tied her a bra, put on a red gold happy eyebrow hairpin, and wore a pearl corolla.Murong Wei hastily ate breakfast, packed a box, didn't know what was in it, and hurried out.

Lu'er's heart was churning, thinking about it, the young lady is just a boudoir girl, how could she have the ability to poison the young lady, maybe the young lady felt uncomfortable when she came back from Prince Jing's mansion, and the crab is a cold thing, that's why the accident happened.

When Murong Wei arrived at Murong Lanxiang's boudoir, she saw a few maidservants kneeling on the ground, trembling and inhumane, and the angry voice of the eldest lady came from inside: "Well, you bunch of lowly maidservants, let you take care of the young lady, that's how you take care of me." What? Why don’t you call someone’s tooth and sell it!”

The leading maidservants, Suxue and Suyu, kowtowed and cried: "Madam, the servants will never dare to harm Miss..."

Murong Lan leaned against the bed, her face pale, "Mother, it's useless to sell them now, I just want to find out who dared to poison me."

The lady's face was ashen, "The doctor checked and said that there is no problem with the ingredients in the kitchen, and the food you ate in the morning is also normal. It's just the crabs you ate last night, and there are still leftovers. There is poison in the thing, otherwise how could it be like this?"

Suxue hurriedly crawled to the bedside, and cried: "Miss, this servant has always been loyal to you, and you will not be the first to spare if something happens to you, how dare this servant do such a thing? How dare you do such a thing? How dare you do such a thing? How dare you do such a thing? Problem, anyone from the small kitchen to the server could do it..."

The eldest lady thought about it, but when she suddenly saw Murong Wei coming in, her face became even colder.

"Mother, what happened to Eldest Sister?" Murong Wei looked worried, and rushed to Murong Lan's side in a hurry, tears streaming down her face: "Why did this happen to Eldest Sister, Young Sister was happy when I heard that Eldest Sister was well yesterday Well, I don’t know if it’s that villain who opened the door to do such an evil thing?”

When Murong Lan saw her, she suddenly remembered that Murong Wei had given her some snacks, but if there was something wrong with the snacks, would it be okay for Suxue to eat them?

The eldest lady sneered and said, "You do know that you love your sister. In your opinion, who will poison her?"

Murong Wei didn't seem to hear the elder lady's ridicule: "I'm afraid this matter has to be investigated from the inside out. I thought that you personally selected these personal servant girls for the eldest sister. Can you be wrong? The ingredients are sent to the mansion There are inevitably too many people here, and I don’t know if there will be any problems..."

The servant girls Suxue and Suyu immediately looked at her with grateful eyes, and Murong Lan didn't believe that the big servant girls dared to poison her, so she suddenly said: "Mother, why don't you check the small kitchen and shopping, and the crab... ..."

The eldest lady snorted, and cast a cold look at the maidservants: "I'll go and find out first, if something happens, none of you will try to escape!"

After finishing speaking, Hao Sheng ordered Murong Lan to rest and recuperate, and hurried out.

Murong Wei wiped her tears, and took out the box decorated with gold and flowers: "Look at me, I forgot the business as soon as I came here, isn't the elder sister looking for strange embroidery thread, and said she wants to make an embroidery screen for mother, look at this... ..." She opened the box: "This is the thread that I have someone make out of peacock tail feathers. It will look beautiful if it is embroidered."

Murong Lan glanced over that line, only to see the dazzling brilliance, and a light fragrance, refreshing.Her eyes lit up, and she laughed: "It's such a beautiful thread, it's the best to make a longevity screen, it's hard for Sanmei to have such thoughts."

Originally, Yu Zu's mood eased a lot because of this, Murong Wei gave Suxue a wink, she got up quickly, and brought a few servant girls to serve tea and water.

"I also heard from my nanny that there are people in the south of the Yangtze River who use this method to make embroidery. I think it's rare, and people are looking for it. Let the nanny make the thread by herself. I don't have anything to show my filial piety on my mother's birthday. It's time to talk about showing filial piety."

Murong Lan nodded, tired of talking to her after a few words, Murong Wei immediately got up and left after seeing the situation.

Suxue sent her to the gate of the courtyard, and said in a low voice: "Just now I thank Miss San for speaking for the servants."

Murong Wei's eyes turned: "Sister Suxue is being polite, I'm just telling the truth."

Suxue sent her out with a smile, Murong Wei glanced at the canna at the door, and a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes.

Murong Lan likes to eat crabs since she was a child. Although crabs are good, eating them with pumpkins and peanuts will inevitably cause abdominal pain and poisoning.

Even if she suspected it, she couldn't find any evidence, but she didn't let her eat those snacks after eating the crabs.

I really thought that Murong Wei was a vegetarian, she always remembered the slap in the face, and returned it together today.

She better be smart and not mess with her.

Murong Wei went to Murong Yue's to sit for a while, and after spending half a day, she went back to the ink garden to continue copying scriptures.

After all, nothing could be found out about Murong Lan's matter. The eldest lady was furious and beat some people, but the result was nothing.

In two days it was Qiu Wei's day, the eldest lady prepared the examination paper, pen, ink, paper and inkstone early in the morning, and Master Murong sent Murong Fu to the Gongyuan to take the examination.

When the exam was over three days later, Murong Wei had finished copying the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra", and copied a pile neatly in lower case.

"Miss, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and the old lady has also finished her fast. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the list may be published. It may be a double happiness." Qiu Fang said on the sidelines. news.

Murong Wei carried a mahogany box with red lacquer inlaid with marble, and changed into a moon-white satin shirt, autumn-colored folded flowers and lanthanum-trimmed beanie, her black hair was tied up, a ruby-encrusted tortoiseshell hairpin was inserted, and the moon was bright between her ears. Elegant and beautiful.

Qiu Fang took the box, "Miss, where are you going?"

"It's been a while since I went to my grandmother's place, I miss it very much." Murong Wei left the ink garden and went to Songshouyuan where the old lady and the old lady lived.

As soon as she arrived, she saw many people in the room, and the little maid opened the curtain to invite her in.

The old lady was sitting on the kang by the window, leaning on the kang table, smiling and talking to several grandchildren.

On the huanghuali table, there are Tianhuang frozen bergamot, a gold-plated golden toad smoked cage, and a white jade Buddha statue of Avalokitesvara.On the bright red brocade carpet of flowers and birds, there is a circle of huanghuali armchairs and brocade trees. Murong Lan and Murong Wan'er are there, as well as Murong Fu and Murong Guan.

The old lady was full of silver hair, she was smiling and said to Murong Fu: "Don't worry, back then your grandfather didn't win the Juren examination just once, and then he also won the Jinshi. Your father didn't win the Jinshi once either."

Murong Fu listened carefully, "Grandson knows it well, but it's been a long time since I haven't seen grandma, and I'm worried about it."

The old lady looked at her grandson with a smile, looking very relieved, when she saw Murong Wei coming in, she stepped forward and saluted: "Wei'er greets grandma!"

The brows are graceful and generous, and there is no trace of cowardice in the past. Although the old lady was fasting before, she heard the maid mention the matter of the third granddaughter. When she saw her today, she was a little surprised.

"I heard that my grandma's grand wish came true, and my granddaughter was also happy for her, so I specially copied the scriptures, and I want to ask my grandma to help enshrine in front of the Buddha, and also to soak in the Buddha's incense." After saying that, he offered the red lacquered ebony box inlaid with marble. .

The old lady became happy when she heard that, she opened the box with a smile and looked, but saw the neat Chengxintang paper, with rows of densely packed lowercase letters clearly and neatly arranged.

The old lady looked at Huanxi, "Okay, you have a heart, you young people are the most impatient to listen to these things, you girl like Buddhist scriptures?"

Murong Wei narrowed her eyes, lowered her head and said shyly, "My granddaughter actually doesn't understand much, but I think it's calming to read."

The old lady nodded and said, "It's just because you are thinking about grandma in your heart, so you brought my emerald lotus leaf to the third girl."

Murong Wei looked at the old lady flattered: "Grandmother, this is too precious. The granddaughter gave you Buddhist scriptures just to honor grandma, how dare you ask for a reward?"

The old lady waved her hand: "Gift from the elders, don't dare to resign, just accept it, I'm not giving these stubborn things to you children?"

Murong Lan's eyes flickered slightly, and Murong Wan glanced at her jealously, and saw that Zhou Fang's family, the most powerful housekeeper beside the old lady, was holding a gold-painted flower plate with a lotus leaf of emerald on it. The dewdrop looks like it is about to fall, and its mood is vivid. It is very valuable just by looking at it.

Murong Wan'er wanted the emerald lotus leaf for a long time, but the old lady gave it to Murong Wei, she gave Murong Wei a secret look.

Zhou Fang's family jokingly said: "Old lady, you are a wealth-spreading fairy, who among the younger generation doesn't care about you?"

The old lady laughed loudly: "After all, I only have the reputation of being the God of Wealth!"

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, during which Murong Yue and the fifth younger sister Murong Xue came. Murong Xue was only seven years old, petite and cute, with big dark eyes, the old lady liked it, and left a few granddaughters and grandchildren to eat Let's go after dinner.

After the people left, the old lady flipped through the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra" sent by Murong Wei, with a look of consideration on her face, this girl is smart, knowing that she likes Huang Tingjian's words the most, so she used this method to copy the scriptures, the words Looking at the roundness and introversion, and showing a kind of chic, the old lady looked at the handwriting with some deep meaning, and murmured: "The writing is like the person, the writing of a few girls, the big sister's has a bit of arrogance, but the writing is a little bit sloppy." She is feminine and has no righteousness, and the fourth sister's handwriting is full of flowers, but it is too flashy, only this girl can be seen to be a sensible and smart person."

Zhou Fang's family beat the old lady's legs with a beauty beater, knowing that the old lady didn't really want to ask her what she thought, but just wanted to talk to someone.Then he echoed: "The ladies are all your granddaughters, so they are all good."

The old lady shook her head thoughtfully.Although the aristocratic family has a deep foundation, if they make mistakes and make mistakes, they will face the disaster of genocide.The reason why the Murong family has lasted for hundreds of years is that it is one thing to produce a large number of talents. The most important thing is that the family style is strict and the behavior is low-key, so that its foundation can not be destroyed during the dynasty change.

As long as the granddaughters don't cause trouble for the family, that's the best.

The old man had four sons, the eldest son and the third son died young, and now only the old man Murong and the fourth eldest, Murong Xi, live.

Murong Xi gave birth to two daughters, according to the ranking, they are Sixth Miss and Seventh Miss, but he is an official in another place, and he is a concubine, so he is not close to the old lady.

"Our Qinghe Murong family, Fan Yangfeng family, Taiyuan Wang family, and Jian'an Liu family are four great aristocratic families. They were originally married to each other, and the girls have reached the age they should be."

Zhou Fang's family carefully brought tea to the old lady, "Old lady, aren't you the eldest lady of the Jian'an Liu family?"

The old lady laughed, "When the old man comes back, invite him to come over, I want to have a good discussion with him."

Murong Wei came back with the emerald lotus leaf, and Qiu Fang complimented her with a smile all over her face: "Miss has won the favor of the old lady, and prosperity and wealth can be expected in the future."

Murong Wei frowned slightly, this Qiu Fang was too snobbish and full of money. Although such a person is annoying, it is also easier to control. Things that can be solved with money are not big problems, but...

She doesn't need such a servant by her side, who can betray her once and betray her a second time.

Lu'er silently took the emerald lotus leaf and put it in the Bogu shelf, seeing Qiufang's expression was very complicated.

Qiu Fang didn't seem to notice Murong Wei's dislike, and was still joking.

Murong Wei just watched coldly, took out the embroidery frame, and continued to practice embroidery.

After a few days, the Guibang was released on August [-]th.

Early in the morning, Murong's family sent servants to read the list, and Murong Fu was also a little uneasy, reading in the study, waiting for news.

At noon, when the servant came back to announce the good news, Murong Fu won the Juren and was on the list, No.10.

Both the old man and the old man were very happy, the old lady invited Murong Fu over to talk, and rewarded the four treasures of the study, and the eldest lady even rewarded the servants of the entire mansion with two sets of clothes and money every day.

Everyone was beaming for a moment.

He won the election before getting married in October, so he had a bright face, and someone immediately reported to An Jun Wang's Mansion.

Junjun Yunxia, ​​the second daughter of the Prince's Mansion of Anjun, is Murongfu's fiancée.

At this moment, she was talking with her younger brother Xiao Anran, Prince An's son, in the garden, when a maidservant beside her came to report the news, Yunxia's cheeks turned red when she heard that it was about her fiancé.

Xiao Anran smiled and said, "Congratulations sister!"

Yunxia glared at him: "It's not that I won the exam, what's the point of congratulating me?"

Xiao Anran shook her head and said: "Congratulations to brother-in-law might as well be congratulations to sister, at least sister can give me a few purses."

Yunxia thumped him amusedly: "You shabby hukou, mother is short of your purse, come to ask me again?" Thinking of something, she turned her eyes: "I see that you have been mysterious lately, hiding in the What are you doing in the room?"

Xiao Anran's face froze, and she hurriedly changed the subject uncomfortably, which made Yunxia even more curious.

After the siblings separated, Yun Xia secretly went to her younger brother's yard, without anyone notifying her, and directly broke into Xiao Anran's small study in the yard.

Xiao Anran was sitting in front of the huanghuali-carved cloud pattern book table, seriously holding a brush to paint, when suddenly seeing her sister barging in, she was taken aback, and hurriedly covered the painting with green gauze, which is the most ink-absorbing green gauze Well, it is often used to speed up the drying of ink, and he pressed the red sandalwood paperweight used by the shepherd boy to play with the cow to cover it tightly.

(End of this chapter)