Rebirth of the silly girl Chengfei

Chapter 19

The twelfth lunar month is approaching, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

In Qiuse courtyard, the ground is covered with dense snow seeds, and the petals of the remnant chrysanthemums have been swept away by the north wind.

Xiao Sesu drank a bowl of hot tea, picked up the embroidery, and started threading.

Sitting quietly alone is always easy to think too much.

Thinking of Yu Qingyang that day, the blooming flowers in his eyes flashed across Xiao Sesu's mind from time to time, setting off waves of regret.

Then, Yu Qingyang's figure gradually disappeared, and she saw a touch of smoky gray with warmth in the cold, and it seemed that Yu Wangyan's whispers sounded in her ears again.

"In her eyes, there will never be me..."

Xiao Sesu suddenly pressed the needle and thread, put down the embroidery, and gasped in pain.

Saying "Patience" to himself a dozen times in his heart, Xiao Sesu continued to embroider, turning all his attention to the embroidery.

After another three days of embroidering, the embroidery was about to be completed. At this moment, she was approached by Huang's maid, saying that Huang had an invitation.

"Understood, you go back first."

Xiao Sesu waved back the maidservant, put on a cloak, walked outside the courtyard, and said to the two guards: "Come with me, play hide-and-seek with me later."

Followed by two guards, Xiao Sesu arrived at Huang's yard.

The main building of Huang's courtyard has two floors. Looking at it bleakly, I saw a silk painting hanging on the second floor. I felt strange. After thinking about it, I said to the guards: "Stand outside, watch that building, Don't doze off, I'm entering the yard."

After entering the courtyard, a maid welcomed Xiao Sesu into the house.

Mrs. Huang is sitting in the main seat, and Xiao Shutong is on the right side.

Humbled and sat on the left side of Mrs. Huang's hands, she asked innocently, "What's the matter with Aunt Huang calling me here?"

Huang said with a kind smile: "Thurse, at the master's place that day, I treated you badly because of Wen Cui's affairs. Don't blame your mother, okay?"

Xiao Sesu muttered: "When did it happen, I can't remember..."

Huang quickly said: "If you don't remember, you can't remember, but Sese, do you still remember the bird you saw outside the gate of Sansi Academy?"

"Niao Niao..." Xiao Sesu's eyes immediately filled with playfulness, "Where is Niao Niao? Huh, bang, Niao Niao flew away, I want Niao Niao."

Huang said: "Don't cry, I've caught the bird back for you, and it won't fly away honestly. Follow me upstairs quickly, and go and bring the bird back to Qiuseyuan."

Xiao Sesu's heart trembled, and he suddenly thought of the silk painting hanging on the edge of the balcony on the second floor.Could it be...that painting was a trap set by the Huang family?

Xiao Sesu clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I'm going to take Niao Niao back to Qiu Se Yuan!"

Mrs. Huang immediately led Xiao Sesel upstairs, and Xiao Shutong got up slowly after drinking tea, maintaining the elegant temperament of a lady, and followed her upstairs.

The balcony on the second floor happened to be facing the gate of the courtyard. From here, one could see the grass and trees outside the courtyard, and the two guards were still standing there.

Seeing Xiao Sesu, they stared intently.

Of course, Xiao Sesu wouldn't let Mrs. Huang find that there were guards watching her. As soon as she went upstairs, she pointed at the silk painting and shouted, "Bird! The brown one is really a bird!"

Huang said: "Yes, honestly, don't move. Sese, go and catch the bird."

"Okay!" Xiao Sesu excitedly agreed, and walked towards the edge.

With his back facing Huang's, the stupidity and turbidity in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a snow-like quiet beauty and cold light.

She could see Huang's intentions. The painting was hung outside the railing. If she wanted to take it down, she had to climb up the railing.And once she climbed up the railing, she would fall into the yard, and if she did not die, she would also be injured.

It seems that Huang is aware of the fact that he is not stupid.

In other words, Xiao Shutong noticed it.

Step by step, Xiao Sesu approached the railing, and the back looked like a naughty and cheerful child.

Huang's eagerly stretched his neck to observe, while Xiao Shutong just squinted his eyes, calmly playing with Koudan on his nails.

"Bird bird!" Xiao Sesu yelled loudly on purpose.

Of course the two guards outside heard it. Seeing that Xiao Sesu ran to the railing and was about to step up, the two rushed in quickly, shouting: "Miss Si, it's dangerous!"

Xiao Sesu gave them a strange look, held on to the railing, and stepped up with one leg...

"Fourth Miss!"

The two guards turned livid with fright, and shouted: "Aunt Huang, Missy, save Fourth Miss!"

Huang pretended not to hear, she hated the bleakness so much, and now she wished she would fall down the building.

Xiao Shutong frowned, and said to Xiao Seshu: "Fourth sister, come down quickly."

"Why do you want to come down?" Xiao Sesu said dissatisfiedly, "I want to catch birds." Then he made a move to continue climbing.

"Fourth sister!" Xiao Shutong's eyes were serious, and she knew that nothing would happen to Xiao Sesu.

Xiao Sesu shouted: "I won't come down! I must catch the bird! None of you are allowed to stop me!" Pointing to a guard below, he said, "Go and call my father, I want my father to help me Catch the birds!"

Of course the guard went there in a hurry, thinking that only Xiao Ke could stop Xiao Sesel right now, and the other guard stood in front of Xiao Sesel, ready to catch her.

Huang didn't expect Xiao Sesu to call Xiao Ke, and the hatred on her face turned into fear.

She hurriedly said: "Thurse, come down quickly, that bird ran into the painting and won't come out for a while, let mother deal with it later, okay?"

"Not good! I want to catch birds!" Xiao Sesu said stubbornly.

Mrs. Huang was in a hurry now, and really regretted testing Xiao Sesue.This is obviously an out-and-out fool, now he can't get down here, and when the master comes, he can't wash himself up even if he jumps into the Yellow River!

"Shutong, quickly pull Sesel down!" Huang yelled.

Xiao Shutong didn't want to do anything, otherwise, if he was not careful, he would make Xiao Sesu fall down, wouldn't it be troublesome?
In such a stalemate, cold sweat broke out on Huang's forehead. After trying to persuade Xiao Sesu for a long time, he finally heard Xiao Ke's voice.

"What are you doing there! Thurse, get off the guardrail!"

"Father!" Xiao Sesu waved to Xiao Ke who came to the yard, and now he was sitting on the guardrail, and said excitedly: "Dad, help me catch the bird quickly, I want to bring Qiu Se back to the courtyard!"

"Bloody!"

Xiao Ke was depressed, he glanced at the painting hanging there, and when he looked at Huang's ugly face, Xiao Ke's eyes could kill.

He roared: "Xiao Sesu, if you don't leave the railing, I'll shoot that bird dead with one arrow!"

"Don't shoot!" Xiao Sesu nodded in fear, "I'll come down, I'll come down right away."

Carefully holding up the railing, she came down bleakly, with an expression of grievance on her small face, but only she knew what kind of big stone fell in her heart.

It was really dangerous just now.

If there was no cowardly side in Huang's temper, then it would have been possible to push her down just now.

"You!" Xiao Ke pointed at Huang Shi from downstairs, "Come down for me!"

"Master, I..." Huang's words ended, making Xiao Ke angry again, feeling unwilling and afraid in his heart.

Xiao Shutong said coolly: "How long will mother stand here? If you don't listen to my advice, you will hurt others and yourself. I really don't understand why."

Mrs. Huang sighed unwillingly, looked at Xiao Ke timidly, and had no choice but to turn her head and go downstairs. When she turned around, she stared resentfully at Xiao Ke.

"Master..." As soon as he came in front of Xiao Ke, Huang quickly said wronged, "I was just joking with Sese..."

"Shut up! Do you think me, Xiao, is a fool!" The guard told him just now that the painting had been hung there a long time ago. Who would hang the painting in such a place?The Huang family clearly has a plan!

Xiao Shutong came over and said unhurriedly, "I'm also at fault for this matter."

Xiao Ke said: "I still know your temperament. Among the daughters, you are the most sensible and magnanimous. Your mother insists on doing such a dirty thing, and you can't stop it if you think about it. If something happens to Sese, my Xiao family will take it What are you going to explain to the Yu family!"

"But master..." Huang said, "I'm really just joking with Sese."

"Are you joking about Thurse's life!"

"No, I... just want to see if Xiao Sesu is not stupid anymore!"

A muffled thunder suddenly resounded behind Xiao Ke.This woman is so sinister, why didn't he notice it before?

Whether she is for Wen Cui or something else, testing Thurse's life is tantamount to putting the glory of Tangcheng Xiao's family in danger.

Xiao Ke's face was as cold as a knife's edge, and he said sharply: "Mr. Huang, you know your mistake!"

"Master, I, I didn't want to hurt Cather." Huang argued.

Xiao Sesel said with a smile: "Aunt Huang said that I caught the bird and asked me to take it back to Qiu Seyuan. I haven't thanked Aunt Huang yet. Aunt Huang, thank you!"

Hearing these words, the veins on Xiao Ke's forehead tensed up.

Huang twisted her veil and stared at Xiao Sesu fiercely.This resentful expression was clearly seen by Xiao Ke.

Xiao Ke said: "From today onwards, you just stay in the room honestly, and you don't need to take care of the internal affairs of the Xiao Mansion."

"Master!" Huang's body was swaying. Is the master trying to take away her right to be in charge of the house?

"Master, I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong!" Huang quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and pulled Xiao Shutong's skirt again, "Shutong, hurry up and say a few words for mother, your father listens to you the most!" .”

Hmph, if I knew today, why bother?Xiao Shutong said coldly: "There is nothing I can do to help."

"Shutong!" Mrs. Huang was so anxious that she shouted hysterically: "Master, I have been in charge of the family for many years, and I have worked hard without credit! Besides, there are so many internal affairs in the Xiao family, Mrs. Xue's weird temper can't do it. If I don't do it, who will leave so much housework to?"

"Who will it fall to? Of course it will fall to the old man!" An old woman's voice came from a distance, although she was old, her momentum was like thunder.

Before the voice fell, Xiao Ke breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his angry face.

"Mother!" Xiao Ke said with a smile, "When did you arrive at the mansion, why didn't you tell your son?"

The person who came was the old matriarch of the Xiao Mansion, and with the support of a young man, he walked slowly with a deer head cane in one hand.The old-fashioned figure was wrapped under the gorgeous brocade, the sparse brows were raised, and the eyes radiated a sharp light.

Knocking on her walking stick, she said in an old-fashioned way: "It's not the same if you come early or late. I just heard someone talking nonsense when I came here, so I knew it must be this worthless Huang family!"

Huang couldn't help trembling, she used to know how powerful the old matriarch is, but now her legs are so frightened that her legs are weak.

"Grandmother." Xiao Shutong greeted the old matriarch with a pleasant smile, and held the old matriarch's hand, "Grandmother, the Buddhist hall is poor, are you alright?"

The old matriarch's face softened a little, it could be seen that she liked Xiao Shutong very much.

"It's not hard to count, but cleanliness is good. Zhiyuan has been with the old man these days, and it has also brought a lot of laughter to the old man."

Xiao Sesu looked at the young man brought by the old matriarch. He was the Zhiyuan that the old matriarch said, and Xiao Sese's brother.

There are four young masters in the Xiao family, Huang's is the eldest and second young master, Xue's has three young masters, Xiao Zhiyuan is the youngest, only thirteen years old.

Xiao Sesu heard from Lu Yi that their biological mother, He Shi, died of dystocia when she gave birth to Xiao Zhiyuan, so Xiao Zhiyuan was the only legitimate son of the Xiao family.

"Sister." Xiao Zhiyuan was very happy to see Xiao Sesel, and ran over to hold Xiao Sesel's hand.

"Sister, I'm finally back, but I heard that you are going to get married in the middle of the month, and we only have ten days to be together."

Xiao Sesu murmured: "Yes, I'm getting married."

The old matriarch gave Xiao Sesel a sideways look. She doesn't like this stupid granddaughter!But who told her that she was about to become Princess Jin?
The old matriarch said coldly: "Be good to be your bride-to-be. Don't think that you don't know about Wen Cui when you are in the Buddhist hall. In the eyes of the old man, your tricks are just a little stunt to please the public."

Xiao Sesu foolishly scratched his hair.The old matriarch's rank is quite high. At this time, if you talk too much, you will lose it.

Xiao Shutong said: "Grandmother, don't blame Fourth Sister, she doesn't understand the world after all."

The old matriarch sighed and said, "Young girl Shutong is still knowledgeable, why didn't you become a daughter?"

Huang's heart skipped a beat, the old lady wouldn't want to put her precious daughter under the dead He's name, would she?
Xiao Shutong replied: "The concubine is also the daughter of the Xiao family, and she must spare no effort to shoulder the honor and disgrace of the family." Just wait and see, one day she will become a descendant of the family.

The old matriarch looked at Xiao Shutong, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, but when he looked at Xiao Sesel again, it was such a big difference, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became!

The old lady turned her face away, and said to Xiao Ke: "About Xiao Zui, I have to discuss with the elders of the Xiao family. The punishment of dipping in a pig cage is imperative, otherwise the family tradition cannot be corrected!"

Hearing that Xiao Zui could not escape the bad luck of being soaked in a pig cage, Xiao Sesu's heart felt like a boulder was blocked, and his breathing was difficult.

Under the reprimand of the old matriarch, Huang went back to the yard crying. Xiao Shutong supported the old matriarch and followed Xiao Ke to leave. What lessons have you learned.

Xiao Sesu didn't pay much attention to listening.

Later, Xiao Zhiyuan was sent back, and Xiao Sesu went to see Xiao Zui.

The news from the old lady also reached Xiao Zui, knowing that he was going to be immersed in a pig cage, Xiao Zui still looked calm.

"Thank you, Miss Si, for your concern." Xiao Zui took the scissors and cut off the dead branches of a red plum tree in the yard. That's the past."

"But it's winter now, and Third Sister's body..."

"No matter what, I will get through it." Xiao Zui exerted force on his hand, and a dead branch fell to the ground with a screeching sound.

"Three sisters..."

Xiao Sesu didn't want to say much, so he simply accompanied Xiao Zui to trim the red plum trees in the yard, and didn't eat together until the sunset and night fell.

The winter night was very deep, and there was no moon tonight, so it didn't take long before it became dark outside.

Xiao Sesu was lying on the window sill, picking up the wick with a tool in one hand, and suddenly saw a black shadow flashing in the yard from the corner of his vision.

who is it?

(End of this chapter)