Resourceful beauty

Chapter 27 Games
In less than half an hour, the carriage stopped outside the gate of Qiu Mansion.

The Qiu Mansion is located in the Pingyuan Hutong on the East Street of the capital. The alleyway is spacious and tidy, allowing two carriages to enter side by side. The people who live in this alley are either rich or noble.

It's unknown how they view the people in Prince Qi's Mansion in their hearts, but in terms of face, the Qiu Mansion is very respectful.

When the carriage stopped, Madam Qiu's mother-in-law immediately stepped forward to answer the question, and then, the threshold of the gate was removed, several carriages drove straight into the Qiu residence, and stopped outside the second gate.

After getting out of the car, at a glance, the pavilions, terraces, and corridors are extremely quiet, and the maids and women waiting everywhere also bowed their heads and restrained their eyes with indescribable caution, and Fang Ruyu's heart that had been hanging was slightly relieved.

Looking back, Fang Ruxuan no longer had that sly face just now, she followed Fang Ruhua with her head down, like a well-behaved little girl.

"Sister Ruyu, you guys are here..."

Qiu Shumin hurried over with her maid.

"Is everyone else here? Are we late?"

Fang Ruyu said in a distant and polite manner.

Qiu Shumin smiled and took Fang Ruyu's arm, "It's not too late, they're all talking in my room, I'll just wait for Sister Ruyu and you guys."

Qiu Shumin lives in the Lotus Fragrance Garden in Sanjin of the Qiu Mansion. There is a huge pond in the yard. Now, there is a layer of ice on it that is about to melt. However, in summer, the pond must be full of lotus flowers and the fragrant wind blows.

Fang Ruyu had been friends with Qiu Shumin before, and she was no stranger to the scenery in Hexiang Garden, and Fang Ruxuan, during the five years in Wutong Garden, was not once or twice called by Qiu Shumin to Hexiang Garden with various excuses, so, Seeing the scenery in the garden again, she seemed to be familiar with it.

On the other hand, Fang Ruhui and Fang Ruhua felt somewhat indescribable in their hearts when they saw that the courtyard of a young lady from the Xiangfu was no different than their own.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, laughter and joy filled the room.

Those who drank tea and talked were all met at the Lantern Festival, and there were a few who were new to their eyes. They were presumably the unmarried ladies of the Qiu family, Qiu Shumin's concubine sisters.

"Miss Fang, well..."

Seeing Fang Ruyu and others coming in, the ladies talking in the room got up and greeted Fang Ruyu's sisters. Qiu Shumin introduced his sisters to them again.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, when Qiu Shumin arranged the seats, she arranged Fang Ruxuan, Fang Ruhua and several concubines from the Qiu family at the same table. Fang Ruyu and Fang Ruhui who were on the side saw it and smiled knowingly.

"Sixth sister, don't take it to heart, Miss Qiu must be seated in order of seniority and orderly."

Fang Ruhua comforted Fang Ruxuan.

"I think so too. Could it be that Fourth Sister thinks I'm off the hook?"

Fang Ruxuan asked Fang Ruhua with a smile.

I wanted to add fuel to the flames, but Fang Ruxuan reversed the army. Fang Ruhua was at a loss for words. After a while, she smiled and said, "I was thinking too much. After all, our concubines are different. I'm not afraid of six My sister is sitting at the same table with me, you are not happy, are you?"

After all, Fang Ruhua changed the subject while talking with Miss Qiu Fu beside her.

Soon, it was time for lunch.

"The banquet is held in the Dahua Hall on the west side, and people from Liuyun Troupe are invited to sing operas, which are all popular songs these days. After the banquet, let's have a good time."

Qiu Shumin got up and said hello.

Du Mingzhu curled her lips, "I'm not in my [-]s and [-]s, I'm the most impatient to listen to those actors babbling. Shu Min, are there any other programs?"

Qiu Shumin was taken aback for a moment, and quickly asked back: "I don't know what kind of programs Sister Du likes?"

Du Mingzhu glanced back at the other young ladies in the room. Everyone came up with ideas in a hurry. They all wanted to be more comfortable. Drinking tea and eating cakes in the room, guessing crossword puzzles and so on. Sitting dignifiedly outside listening to the opera.

Qiu Shumin glanced at Fang Ruyu with a questioning face, saw that she also nodded, and said with a smile: "In that case, let's go to the table first. I will order the servants to prepare, and I will make you all have fun."

The girls were very happy to be able to play freely for a day. They all got up immediately and went to the big flower hall happily.

Fang Ruxuan didn't have a good relationship with the girls, so she could only take Su Ye and Ding Xiang to follow Fang Ruhua and the girls in the Qiu Mansion.

A luncheon, the host and guests enjoyed themselves.

During the banquet, Qiu Shumin and Fang Ruyu sat together and whispered for a while, Fang Ruyu lost the indifference and alienation they had when they first met, and the two talked very happily.

Fang Ruxuan noticed that she couldn't help gaining a new understanding of Qiu Shumin.

In the previous life, Fang Ruxuan knew Qiu Shumin, who was a person who would take revenge on the petty grievances, and it was precisely because of this that she was very fond of Fang Ruxuan's past offenses.

However, Fang Ruxuan didn't know what Qiu Shumin looked like in front of outsiders.

Now it seems that the Qiu family has put so much effort into training Qiu Shumin, wanting her to enter the palace to be a concubine, so her temperament and temper will not be what Fang Ruxuan saw.

It has only been half a month since the Lantern Festival, and Fang Ruyu has also made Qiu Shumin sulky for half a month because of Qiu Ming's matter, but after only a while, Fang Ruyu stopped being angry after Qiu Shumin said a few words, and the two of them laughed like sisters In general, Qiu Shumin's methods of coaxing people can be seen.

Thinking of the things lost from her house yesterday, Fang Ruxuan became 12 more careful.

After the banquet, Qiu Shumin took the girls for a walk in the greenhouse in the backyard.

Looking at the blooming peonies, peonies and pomegranates that can only be seen in midsummer, Fang Ruyu sighed a few words even though she was used to seeing good things.

Fang Ruxuan's mood suddenly improved.

In the previous life, I was depressed and didn’t have the mind to appreciate flowers. When I settled down in this life, it was the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, and there were almost no flowers to enjoy except wintersweet. Now, suddenly seeing so many bright flowers blooming is like my own hope for the future life. With good expectations, Fang Ruxuan felt very comfortable in her heart.

Turning a deaf ear to the chattering of the ladies, Fang Ruxuan took Lilac and Su Ye to admire the flowers seriously.

I don't know how long it has passed, and when I look back, Qiu Shumin and Fang Ruyu are gone, and Fang Ruhui and Fang Ruhua are standing far away.

Looking at each other, Fang Ruhui turned her head away in a panic, but Fang Ruhua smiled slightly, looking very natural.

After staying in the greenhouse for half an hour, a maid came to invite her, so Du Mingzhu, Fang Ruxuan and the others returned to the Lotus Garden.

After everyone sat down, Qiu Shumin got up and said with a smile: "Everyone has seen the greenhouse just now, and the game we are going to play in a while is related to the greenhouse."

The room couldn't help but quiet down, and everyone looked up at Qiu Shumin, Qiu Shumin continued: "Every lady should send a servant girl next to her to the flower room, choose one of the potted flowers as her own, paste a note on the flower, and then , the servant girl draws the shape of the flower, and gives it to her lady when she comes back. Whether she writes a poem or plays a song based on it, the name of the flower must not appear on the surface of the poem, but it can make others guess what flower it is. If you win, it is considered as a win, if you do not guess correctly, or if the young lady misunderstood the meaning of the maid, then it is considered as a loss."

Du Mingzhu reacted quickly, "However, there were not many kinds of flowers in the greenhouse just now."

There are more than a dozen ladies in the house at the moment, and there are only seven or eight ladies in the flower room.

Qiu Shumin said with a smile: "The flower room is full of seasonal flowers, carefully cultivated by the gardeners of the Qiu Mansion, there are few natural varieties, but there are some seasonal flowers such as wintersweet in the garden, which are also counted. "

"Then, what about Caitou?"

someone else asked.

"It's a lottery..."

Hesitating, Qiu Shumin glanced at Fang Ruyu, and the two seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. After a while, Qiu Shumin pretended to have just thought of it and asked: "The loser must agree to one request of the winner, and do one thing for the winner. how?"

This unprecedented gameplay was novel and exciting, and immediately, all the ladies cheered.

When Qiu Shumin gave the order, a dozen maids eager to fight immediately raised the curtain and rushed out.

Fang Ruxuan nodded to Su Ye, and Su Ye followed behind the crowd.

The ladies in the room got together in groups of threes and whispered, and there were a few others who started drafting early on, thinking about the poems to be done or the pieces to be played later.

After a cup of tea, there was the sound of a servant girl talking in the yard, and then a servant girl came in, who was by Du Mingzhu's side.

On the paper in the maid's hand, there was a vivid drawing of a peony.

"When all the red leaves are gone, the fragrance begins to bloom. It is called the king of hundreds of flowers, and it boasts that it is unparalleled in the world, and it monopolizes the first fragrance in the world."

Du Mingzhu stood up gracefully, and chanted a poem with a pretty face.

As soon as she finished speaking, some ladies under her seat answered "Peony" in an orderly manner. Du Mingzhu smiled, nodded and said, "Thank you for your humility, and let Mingzhu win the first place."

Five or six servant girls came back one after another, and the flowers they painted were all from the flower house or the back garden, but Su Ye never came back.

Fang Ruxuan raised her eyes, facing the smiling eyes of Fang Ruyu and Fang Ruhui.

"If you come back empty-handed, even if you admit defeat, you will have to admit punishment later."

Seeing a few maidservants coming back empty-handed, Qiu Shumin said with a smile, her playful eyes gliding across the faces of the girls.

Su Ye came late, and her hands were empty.

After glancing at Fang Ruxuan, Su Ye lowered her head shyly and walked to Fang Ruxuan's side.

"Okay, the game is over, it's time for the loser to agree to one of the winner's demands."

Qiu Shumin stood up and said.

Some people ask the loser to make a sachet for her, and some people ask to play a song in public. The most outrageous thing is to go to the Baishan Temple outside the city to pick a few peach blossoms for the winner in March. The blogger smiled, and the ladies suddenly sang and laughed bursts of laughter.

When it was Fang Ruyu's turn, she looked at Fang Ruxuan with a gentle smile and said, "At the Lantern Festival, my servant girl ran into the young master of the Qiu Mansion, and I never had the chance to apologize in person. Everyone is here today, and they are all familiar, my sister So take the opportunity of the game to apologize to Young Master Qiu for me, okay?"

For a while, the house was silent.

Fang Ruxuan looked at Fang Ruyu, who was calm but full of provocation, and smiled coldly.

(End of this chapter)