Value peace

Chapter 51 Hongshang Embroidery Workshop

Things went smoothly and unexpectedly that day.

Gu Xiyan was in the room choosing clothes for Mrs. Gu, while Duanniang used the excuse of wanting to visit the shop.After Gu Xiyan chose clothes for Mrs. Gu, Duan Niang also returned to the wing with a smile on her face. She bent her knees to salute Gu Xiyan: "The twelfth aunt of Lord Jiang Hou of the Marquis of Weiyuan heard that the girl is here. Want to come in and say hello to the girl?"

Gu Xiyan naturally has no reason to disagree.

After hearing this, Aunt Liu hurriedly asked someone to make new tea.

Huilan took the initiative to go out to welcome Jinxin in.

Jin Xin is younger than Duan Niang, in her early twenties, with tall cloud temples, full of pearls, fair skin, long face, curved eyebrows, very gentle between the eyebrows.She knelt on the ground and saluted Gu Xiyan very respectfully, which made Gu Xiyan a little surprised, and she was a little flustered at first.

Hui Lan, who was on the side, first cleverly placed a cushion on the grand master's chair under Jin Xin's knees, and then mixed it with Jin Xin when Jin Xin saluted halfway.

Of course, Gu Xiyan would not regard Jin Xin as a Duan Niang, and bowed her knees politely to her, and then poured tea for her herself. Jin Xin was also very polite, and stood up to take the tea to thank her.

After the people on both sides sat down and exchanged a few words of greeting, Jin Xin proposed to Liu Gu that she wanted to go for a walk with Gu Xiyan to the fish viewing platform in Hongshang's backyard.

The sixth aunt rushed to make arrangements, and Jin Xin took Gu Xiyan to Hongshang's backyard. Hui Lan wanted to follow, but was stopped by Duan Niang: "Jin Xin was originally Madam Gu's personal girl, I'm afraid there is something wrong with her." If you are caring, you should tell the girl that it is not suitable for you to follow."

A strange light flashed in Whelan's eyes.

The fish viewing platform in the backyard of Hongshang is a red pond, surrounded by big trees with branches and leaves like umbrellas, and under the trees are several large fish tanks with a diameter of about three or four meters. In the big fish tanks, there are several water lilies and several koi.When they arrived, there were two or three women feeding and playing with the fish. Seeing Jin Xin and Gu Xiyan, those women just glanced at them indifferently, and then continued to concentrate on feeding the fish.

Jin Xin whispered in Gu Xiyan's ear: "Let's sit on the stone chair in the forest for a while, the Ninth Young Master will bring Mrs. Mei to greet me, miss, take a look!"

Gu Xiyan suppressed a smile and nodded.

Jin Xin couldn't help muttering in her heart: Why are these two girls so generous in their expressions?
They sat down on a bench in the woods next to Danchi. For a while, the two were silent, and the atmosphere was a bit dignified.Gu Xiyan coughed lightly, and politely greeted Su Xin: "Is Aunt Jin Xin a regular visitor here? I came out this time and wanted to make two summer dresses with Mrs. Gu. I wonder if you have any good recommendations? ?”

Jin Xin also felt that the atmosphere was a bit blunt, and was just trying to find a topic to break the dull pattern. Now that Gu Xiyan spoke, she naturally answered the conversation very appreciatively: "Our family was originally born in Jiangmen, and the girl's female celebrity They are not very good, I am a frequent visitor to the sewing team. I went, and I also got some of this habit. The one I used to go to was called 'Xiejin', which was introduced by one of my sisters. It's the second time to…”

One has a heart, one has an intention, and the atmosphere gradually becomes warmer.

After chatting for a while, I saw a little girl walking towards them, Jin Xin felt a little nervous, and said, "Girl, here we come, here we come."

Gu Xiyan didn't react at first, but after she understood the meaning of this sentence, she couldn't help staring at the little girl with wide eyes.

After a while, I saw two men coming side by side.

One was wearing white clothes with a layer of crimson tulle over the outside, and the other was wearing royal blue cocoon.

Jin Xin whispered: "Girl, the one in royal blue is Mrs. Mei."

While talking, the two walked a few more steps, and Gu Xiyan had already seen the two clearly.

Mei Qin is not tall, only about 1.6 meters [-], with very fair skin, sculpted eyebrows and handsome eyes, and elegant temperament. It may be because of his age that his body looks a bit thin.The other one should be the ninth son of the Jiang family. He is half a head taller than Mr. Mei. He is about the same age and looks average.

Young Master Jiang Jiu took Mei Qin and bowed to Jin Xin pretendingly, and said: "Brother Mei and I happened to come to Hongshang to make clothes. I heard that my aunt is here, so I came to say hello." Gu Lulu stared at Gu Xiyan and turned straight, but it was Mei Qin who lowered his eyelids after seeing Gu Xiyan, and immediately a group of obvious red clouds rose on his face.

Gu Xiyan wanted to laugh when she saw it, and she felt good about it.

She sat there with a smile on her face and let Young Master Jiang Jiu look up and down, but she looked embarrassed at Young Master Jiang Jiu. She coughed and coughed and spoke incoherently: "...Auntie, it's rare for Auntie to come out. Did you see anything good today? It’s not easy for my aunt to come out, so let me know if you see something good, and bring it to make my sister happy..."

Jin Xin covered her mouth and laughed, making Young Master Jiang Jiu blushed, and barely said a few more words appropriate to the occasion, and dragged Mei Qin away in despair.

Gu Xiyan was overjoyed in her heart, she didn't expect Mei Qin and that young master Jiang Jiu to be so shy, especially Mei Qin, who seemed to be a high school student, but he was only 20 years old, and he was too shy in modern society. Just a high school student.He was able to be a Jinshi in high school at such a young age, so he must be very knowledgeable... Gu Xiyan no longer cares about this marriage in her heart.

They also got up and went back to the wing room. On the way, Jin Xin asked her: "How is it?"

Gu Xiyan blushed, and said in a low voice, "I don't know how he is?"

Jin Xin chuckled.

Gu Xiyan blushed even more, lowered her head and hurried forward, suddenly bumped into someone else's body, staggered backwards, and Jin Xin, who was closely behind her, quickly supported her: "How about it, didn't it hit somewhere?"

"Miss Gu, why is it you?" The other party was surprised.

Gu Xiyan supported Jin Xin's hand to stand firm, only then did she realize that the person she bumped into was Mr. Huang.A feeling of "meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land" rose in her heart, and said a little excitedly: "Mr. Huang, why is it you?"

Mr. Huang looked a little more haggard than when she was in the longevity class, and the fine lines around his eyes were like ripples on the surface of a lake.

Jin Xin asked confusedly: "This is..."

Gu Xiyan didn't want to make a fuss, so she told a lie: "Oh, this is Mr. Huang, who taught me homework for a few days!"

Jin Xin felt relieved, gave Mr. Huang a blessing, and politely called "Mr. Huang".

Mr. Huang saluted Jin Xin back, then nodded with Gu Xiyan and walked towards Hongshang's backyard.

Gu Xiyan also knew it was not time to talk, so she and Jin Xin went back to the wing.

After returning to the wing room, Jin Xin exchanged a few words with them and then left. Duan Niang naturally wanted to send her off in person to explore the atmosphere, while Gu Xiyan ordered two skirts from Liu Gu, one royal blue The long flower skirt embroidered with white borders, and the eight-panel skirt made of pink woven gold floral silk material were all for Mrs. Gu.

A group of people happily boarded the carriage and prepared to go back, especially Duan Niang, who was smiling at the corners of her mouth and brows, Gu Xiyan felt a little embarrassed at this moment, she lowered her head and remained silent.

Whelan felt that the atmosphere in the car was a bit strange, and vaguely felt that Duanniang and the others had something to hide from her alone. Thinking of her hard work during this period, she felt a sense of aggrieved in her heart, and turned her face angrily Go open the car curtain and look out.At this moment, the car stopped suddenly, Gu Xiyan was jolted, and she couldn't hold back and fell on Duanniang. Duanniang let out an "oops" when she was hit, and Gu Xiyan asked in a panic: "What's wrong?" , where can it hit?"

Duanniang sat up straight and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

This bump woke Whelan up.

What time is it now, can you still be angry!

She turned her head and said with a smile: "It's okay, but I was a little unsteady when I left Hongshang's gate just now."

This is also a common thing, and everyone doesn't care.But when the carriage left Dongshi and drove to the intersection of Chongyefang and Pingkangfang, the carriage was stopped suddenly, and someone said in a rough voice: "Improving inspection, all come out for me."

Whelan opened the car window in surprise and looked out, and Gu Xiyan also leaned over.

I saw soldiers in cold silver armor standing around Qinrenfang and Pingkangfang. Some were silent, some muttered, some whispered, but no one made any loud noises.

Gu Xiyan heard their coachman reply arrogantly: "We are in the house of Mr. Gu Baozhang in Tongyifang. The people sitting here are all relatives, so it's not convenient to come down. Whoever of you is on duty, let him come up and answer."

Someone let out a "huh" and said: "I haven't been back to Beijing for several years. I can't imagine that a small coachman from the third grade has the courage to command our people from the Habayashi Army. You get down immediately for me, otherwise I will be killed today." Let’s take you first and then talk about it!” There was endless irony in his voice.

Gu Xiyan looked and saw that the speaker was beside their carriage. He was tall, wearing a black armor, and had a sturdy face. There was a cold breath between his brows, which made people feel cold.

When the coachman saw it, he trembled in fright, and said incoherently: "Master Jun, my lord, I don't know that it's the Habayashi Army, my lord doesn't care about the villain... It's actually my girl sitting in this car... If something happens to me, my whole family will not pay for it...My lord, you are a master..."

The man raised his hand without saying a word, and the coachman fell under the car with an "oops" and didn't get up for a long time.

Only then did Gu Xiyan see clearly that the man was holding a large knife with a sheath in his hand. It was hard to tell what material the scabbard was made of, and it felt very old.

The man took a step forward and stepped on the driver's chest: "I'm on duty, I'll answer your questions now!"

The coachman hugged and stepped on his chest, with a painful expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)