Value peace

Chapter 165 Returning to the Qi Mansion

Gu Xiyan was not so naive, she thought that when she returned to Qi Mansion, there would be someone who would give her breathing time to adapt, so when she knew that the carriage would arrive at Duke Yan's Mansion in the evening, she sat in the carriage beautifully. After taking a nap, she followed Siping in high spirits as she walked through the Chaoshou verandah, stopping from time to time to ask what the buildings around Siping were used for.

While wiping his cold sweat, Siping said: "The place we came out just now is called the Humble Administrator's Hall, which is the meeting hall of the Duke of Yan's government. Dezheng Hall, there is a small courtyard on the left behind Dezheng Hall called Qinyuan, which is a study room, where my grandfather usually rests. There are three yards behind the woods you see on the left. The Liyuan is directly behind Qinyuan, and on the left is Wanqing Pavilion, and on the left is Shuangfeng Pavilion. Because there is a pear blossom forest behind the pear orchard, it is larger than both Wanqing Pavilion and Shuangfeng Pavilion. There is a corner door next to the pear blossom forest. Behind Shuangfeng Pavilion. Behind Yongcuiju is the Xixiang Pavilion. After leaving the Xixiang Pavilion, you will enter the Dexin Courtyard, and you will enter the backyard..."

After talking, the two entered the pear garden.

The pear orchard during the day was a little different from what I saw that night, it seemed bigger.

Entering the Hanging Flower Gate from the chaoshou verandah on the side is the wall shadow, and walking around the wall shadow is the spacious yard and open building. The right side of the open building is the corner gate she entered from the alley last time, and a row of rolling sheds is built against the corner gate. There are two moon gates at the end of the rolling shed.

Siping followed Gu Xiyan's eyes and said with a smile, "There is the Commuter Park."

Could it be that Qi Maosheng said that Liyuan was the closest place to his bookstore?

At this time, Gu Xiyan found that there was a moon hole to the east of the steps in front of the open mansion, she pointed to the door and said, "There, is it leading to Wanqingxuan?"

Siping glanced at it casually, and said with a smile: "Yes, that's where Wanqingxuan lives."

It's just a moon cave without a door.

"Come on, let's go and have a look!" Gu Xiyan walked over there first.

Entering the Moon Cave, you will face the mountains made of Taihu Lake stones. In April, they are covered with green vines and pass through the mountains. It is a flower garden, which is not large in size, but it also has four or five acres of colorful flowers. The ground is full of flowers, dotted with flower bones. To the west of the flower garden, there is a forest, surrounded by thick green, dotted with several small and exquisite houses, very elegant.

Gu Xiyan was stunned.

Unexpectedly, Wan Qingxuan is so beautiful.

Siping pointed to the houses in the distance and said: "There are four houses in total, named Crescent Moon, Crescent Moon, Crescent Moon, Xiaoyue..."

What a name!

She wanted to take a closer look, but there were light footsteps behind her.

When the two turned their heads, they saw Mo Ju looking around the mountain peak.

When she saw Gu Xiyan, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Second girl, um, madam, Aunt Duan is looking for you, and the nuns who said you were married are waiting to greet you in the open mansion!"

This will be her home from now on, and the future will last forever!
Gu Xiyan turned around and followed Mo Ju back to the Liyuan.

In the open mansion, the tall Aunt Duan was surrounded by a few women with strange faces. When she saw Gu Xiyan from a distance, she knelt down. Seeing this, Siping took the opportunity to leave.

Gu Xiyan took off her veil and sat down on the grand master's chair in front of Changsha Chang's desk, took a sip of the tea from the emerald jade, moistened her throat, and then a group of women got up to talk.

"This is from Li Debao's family, this is from Ma Si's family, this is from Liu Liufu's family, this is from Shi Zi'an's family, this is from Qu Tianci's family, this is from Liu Wu'an's family, this is It belongs to Li Ping's family, this one belongs to Liu Xiao's family." Cuiyu introduced one by one the dowry servants sent by the Wei family.

Gu Xiyan smiled and nodded one by one, and then asked about everyone's errands, only then did she realize that she had moved to Liyuan and lived in Shangzheng, but because Gu Xiyan didn't speak, she was still free with.

She asked, "I wonder if the monthly payment has been paid?"

Everyone looked at each other a little bit.

One of the petite women stepped forward and said: "If you go back to Madam, the monthly payment will be paid!"

Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "Since this is the case, there is nothing to worry about. Just treat it as a holiday for everyone during this period of time. Today, the Duke and I have just returned to the mansion, and there are still many trivial things to do, so everyone should take advantage of it." Take this opportunity to make some adjustments, and I will send errands to everyone in a few days. You should go back to your houses first!"

So far, she still doesn't know how many people on her side can function normally, so naturally it is difficult to accompany these dowry nuns.

When these people left, Gu Xiyan asked Cuiyu: "The girls are all here!"

Cuiyu hurriedly laughed and said, "It's all here. It's being put in the luggage!"

Gu Xiyan got up and went to the main room.

The thick and towering trees are already lush and lush, and green vines are also climbing on the flower shelf on one side. There are a few pieces of duckweed floating in the big fish tank under the shelf, and red koi can be seen across the water from time to time.

Entering the room, there are eight pear-blossom wood screws standing in front of the front wall. The mountain-shaped arhat bed in front of the screen has been covered with scarlet twig flower cushions, and there are several pots of green tea on the tea table between the pear-blossom wood chairs. plant.Entering the dark room on the east side, there are tea sets on the kang table by the window, all kinds of exquisite jade wares in the Duobao grid next to the corner door, and the curtains beside the falling flower cover have been replaced with lake silk for spring.

Everything is full of breath of life.

Going around the gauze screen of the chicken peony, Yanhong, Xia Qing, Xingyu, and Yunshang are clearing out the clothes brought to Hongtai from the camphor wood box and putting them in the high cabinet next to the Babu bed.

Gu Xiyan glanced at the corner of her eyes, only to feel that her eyes were blurred, and she couldn't help but let out a "huh".

All are hand-embroidered large flowers, without any gaps, without a single leaf, colorful and in different shapes, like sunset clouds, like draped silk, with gorgeous brilliance, showing a luxurious beauty.

It was the flowery skirt that she had never been able to wear on her body!

She couldn't help squatting down, gently stroking the uneven embroidery pattern on the skirt, and said with some sobs: "Mo Ju, why is this..."

A cloud of red rose on Mo Ju's face, she pulled Gu Xiyan to the outside kang, and said in a low voice: "... I followed the example of a girl, and put four boxes of clothes and jewelry into the pawn shop... At first I thought it was a bandit or a human trafficker, so I didn't dare to make a sound, but then I found out that it was the Duke of the country, so I gave the ticket to the man named Tian, ​​saying it was yours... Don't ask about indiscriminate, bad girl Let him, let him take it back... I thought I wouldn't go, so I didn't dare to talk to you... Who knows, I actually went to Shengjing again and gave the things from the pawnshop , was redeemed..."

Gu Xiyan looked at the red cloud on Mo Ju's face suspiciously: "Why are you blushing?"

Mo Ju's face became even more red, and he stammered: "No, no red face...a little hot..."

Gu Xiyan smiled thoughtfully.

Behind the corner door next to Duobaoge is a washroom, a wooden barrel as tall as a man, at least two meters in diameter, soaking in it is like swimming, I don’t know how refreshing it is.Gu Xiyan washed and washed well, and then went to bed, staring at the people in the room dumbfounded.

Only Duanniang dared to say something more: "The house is full of chaos, you will go to worship the ancestors with the Lord later, and pay your respects to Mrs. Xu..."

Gu Xiyan put her head on the edge of the bed and asked Yun Shang to wring her hair dry, and said: "That's why I need to catch up on sleep. Maosheng, wait for him, I don't know how long I will wait until he comes , you just wake me up..." As she said that, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

In her heart, Mrs. Xu's place is a tough battle, if she doesn't have enough energy, how will she respond later!
It was after eight o'clock in the evening that Qi Maosheng returned to the Liyuan. Red lanterns had been hung under the eaves of the Liyuan, illuminating the bright and lively courtyard.He walked into the room with a warm heart, and saw Duanniang helplessly directing the girls in the room to place things.Seeing Qi Maosheng, she blushed, and hurriedly winked at Mo Ju, and went forward to greet Qi Maosheng herself.

Qi Maosheng entered the room with some confusion, and saw Gu Xiyan busy getting dressed, saw him coming in, raised his head and said "You're here", and then called Qiu Shi to come in and comb her hair.

Qi Maosheng couldn't help but smiled: "You are really good, you can sleep at any time!"

Gu Xiyan said with a sneer: "Isn't it necessary for me to recharge my energy so that I can go to see Mrs. Xu?"

After Qi Maosheng finished washing, Gu Xiyan's hair was also combed.

The snow moth in the shape of a small daisy, the Dongzhu earrings the size of lotus seeds, the pomegranate red high-necked jacket with hips and waist, and the duck-blue eight-panel skirt all look youthful, beautiful, dignified and lovely.

Qi Maosheng couldn't help but took her hand: "Let's go to worship our ancestors first, and then go to pay our respects to Mrs. Xu!"

Gu Xiyan thought of how she held Qi Maosheng's hand that day in the Liyuan, in the dark.

There was some tenderness between her brows, and her whole body looked more peaceful, Qi Maosheng's heart beat a few beats arrhythmically.

When the two left the pear garden, Gu Xiyan realized that the entire Duke of Yan's mansion seemed to come alive, with brightly lit lights, crowds of servants, and solemnity in the tranquility.

Go straight along the Chaoshou corridor in front of the Liyuan Gate, pass the Shuangfeng Pavilion and turn around, and then you will arrive at Xixiang Pavilion.

The so-called Xixiang House is only a garden, and a small five-coupled one-story house was built against the courtyard wall of Yongcuiju.

Passing through the Xixiang Pavilion is the main entrance of Dexinyuan.

The red lacquered Guangliang door with two doors on the third floor, Qi Maosheng hesitated for a moment, and then walked in with Gu Xiyan.

Sure enough, it is much more grand than Liyuan.

The spacious courtyard, the seven main rooms, the lush forest, although the red lanterns were also lit, Gu Xiyan felt a little empty and cold in the shadows.

They walked all the way, walked past the courtyard where Qi Yuzhi had an accident, left the Dexin Courtyard, and stood by the lotus pond, Gu Xiyan saw the seven-storey Yu Nian Pavilion.

The octagonal eaves of the tower are hung with red lanterns, layer by layer, illuminating half of the sky, which is more spectacular and bright than the big one.

Suddenly, Gu Xiyan suddenly understood.

It turns out that Qi Maosheng is the owner of this house and the master of this land, because of him, all these things come to life.

Looking at the tall Dawei Qi Maosheng beside her, Gu Xiyan felt a sense of belonging for the first time.

Because of this person, this place also became her home.

(End of this chapter)