Chapter 11

"Hey! The emperor can't get on the boat, and he claims to be a minister of wine!" The man was awakened by Jinxi, closed his eyes and danced around, and most of his body was exposed outside the rockery, only his legs and legs were left. The shoulders are still resting on the stone.Jin Xi was so frightened that his heart stopped beating, he pushed the branch against his back with all his strength, and screamed, "Don't move! Don't move! I'm going to fall!"

The man didn't know whether he was awake or he didn't hear Jin Xi's words, he didn't stop at all, and directly broke the dead branch in Jin Xi's hand with a 'click', and watched the man roll down from the rockery, Jin Xi said "ah". There was a scream, and he sat on the ground with his head in his arms and his buttocks, not daring to look or listen.She didn't have the mental capacity to bear a living person falling to death in front of her eyes!
Didn't hear the expected muffled sound and heart-piercing screams, Jin Xi slowly raised his head to look out from between his fingers, but met a pair of deep black eyes.The eyes are not big, but the pure black eyes are like a vast ocean, full of wisdom and sophistication.No matter who sees such eyes, the first thought that flashes must be that this person must be an extremely intelligent guy.

At this time, this person's gaze was calm and calm, not sharp or even indifferent, but it seemed to be able to see everything, as if he could see the bottom of a person's heart through the clothes and skin of a person.

Jin Xi stared blankly at the person squatting opposite her, didn't see what he looked like, only saw his distinctive eyes.How is it possible, how is it possible, why does this person's eyes look exactly the same as that of his adoptive father in the previous life?Jin Xi was stung by this familiar gaze, tears flowed out uncontrollably, she clutched her chest tightly, and swallowed back the 'dad' that was on the tip of her tongue.

The past that I dare not think about or touch, suddenly rushed out of the gate and spun around in my mind like a lantern.She was an abandoned baby suffering from congenital heart disease, and her adoptive father who went to sketch in the wild picked her up.In order to raise her, her adoptive father never got married and sold his only house to her for medical treatment.

When she was a child, she liked to cling to her adoptive father, watching him draw those paintings that she could not understand and no one bought.At that time, she vowed to make a lot of money when she grew up, so that her adoptive father, who had been impoverished all his life, could live a good life and not let him worry about not being able to afford paints and canvases.When she grew up, she became a trapeze person, running around every day to make money, her salary was getting higher and higher, and the things she bought for her adoptive father were getting more and more expensive, but she didn't realize that money can't replace family affection, and material things can't make up for loneliness .Otherwise, the adoptive father wouldn't have an accident on the way home because of loneliness, drinking alone outside.It's impossible for her to even go to the grave of her adoptive father to pay homage.How sad is it to have no filial piety in life and no dedication after death, and the adoptive father has a spirit in heaven?
The person who jumped down from the rockery did not have the slightest awareness of doing something wrong. He uncorked the wine gourd, took two sips slowly, and looked at Jinxi with a smile, "Little girl, why are you crying?"

Jin Xi was crying out of breath and didn't hear what the man said at all.The man stared at her face like a cat, and the playful expression in his eyes gradually became dignified. He reached out and took out a snow-white silk handkerchief as if conjuring and handed it to Jin Xi, "Don't cry, am I fine?"

"I care about your life!" Jin Xi jumped up, waved and pulled the Fangsi handkerchief that the man handed over to the side, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't touch his own handkerchief, so he just took his sleeve and wiped it on his face indiscriminately , walk away.

"Girl, wait, servant girl!" Seeing the man in front of her flying down from the rockery like a big bird, Qing Xing was stunned, and it was only after Jin Xi walked away that she came to her senses, and ran after her.

The man bent down to pick up the crushed willow branches and flowers at his feet, then looked up at the little angry figure in front of him, pinched his fingers and counted several times, his sea-like eyes were suddenly full of doubts.interesting!interesting!A girl with such a destiny?

After coming out of the garden, Jin Xi went straight back to Xuefeng Pavilion, she didn't need to look in the mirror to know that her eyes were swollen like peaches.Getting along these days, she could feel that the old lady really cared about her, and she didn't want the old lady to worry about her.

As soon as she entered Xuefeng Pavilion, Jinxi saw Caiyue and Haitang still standing in their original places.Jin Xi couldn't help but get a headache, if the two of them were playing tricks, they would go back to the room to rest as soon as she left.Then send a little maid to stare at her, come out and pretend to stand after watching her come back, she can still take the opportunity to make trouble and find a way to drive these two people away.Unexpectedly, these two people accepted the punishment honestly, and after a while, she really had no excuse to kick them out.

Taking a closer look at where Caiyue and Haitang were standing, they didn't move a single step. Jinxi smiled and waved her little arms, "You are all good people! You didn't lie to me!"

Caiyue and Haitang rubbed their numb thighs at the same time, glanced at each other, and stepped forward to salute Jinxi together.Looking up and seeing Jin Xi's eyes red and swollen with tears on her face, Caiyue cried out in surprise, "What's the matter, girl?"

Not to be outdone, Haitang saw mud marks all over Jinxi's pink-bottomed bean-green floral skirt, and immediately stepped forward with concern and pulled Jinxi's hand to look it up and down, "Did it fall?" She turned her face and asked Qing sternly Xing, "How do you take care of me? If the girl breaks, you won't be able to pay even ten lives. How does the nanny in charge usually teach you?"

"It's none of her business. I was frightened by a lunatic in the garden." Knowing that Haitang was trying to save face, Jin Xi turned up the steps.

"How can there be lunatics in our house?" Caiyue didn't believe it at all, "It's reasonable for a girl to be playful at a young age, and she should have a stable servant by her side, so that there will be no mistakes."

Haitang also gave up Qing Xing, and actually followed Caiyue and said: "This statement makes sense, if something goes wrong, the servant girl's family law is the next thing. It is a big deal to have a girl's reputation if she is tired."

Do you really think of her as a fool, thinking that a few kind words can coax her away?Although Caiyue and Haitang's methods were not impressive enough, Jinxi's heart skipped a beat. It was less than an hour since she left the house, so why do these two seem to join forces?

Seeing the clothes sent by the eldest lady and the second lady on the table, Jin Xi seemed to understand.

After dinner, when Mama Ai was waiting for her to take a bath, Jin Xi asked in a low voice, "What did the person who delivered the things say?"

Mama Ai was grabbing a handful of saponins, rubbing out the paste vigorously with both hands, and was about to rub it on Jin Xi's hair, when she heard this, she looked outside the door: "The person sent by the Da Furen said that if the girl needs anything, just go back to the Da Furen, There's nothing else to say."

Jin Xi frowned, "The visitor didn't say anything when he saw Haitang being punished?"

Ai's mother lowered her voice and said: "The one who came to deliver the things was Haitang's mother. Of course she felt distressed seeing Haitang being punished, but she didn't say anything. She just asked if Haitang would be free to go home and drink her brother's wedding wine on the tenth day of next month."

Jinxi almost burst out laughing when she learned that the eldest lady promised Caiyue's eldest sister to brother Haitang.Although Caiyue's mother is the second wife's companion, Caiyue's father is a son of the Zhou family, so it is justifiable for the eldest lady to do so, and there is no fault.The eldest lady is reminding Caiyue in a disguised form that her life and future are in whose hands.It really angered the eldest lady, so she just found a cat or a dog in the mansion and asked Caiyue to marry her!

The eldest lady's way of besieging Wei and saving Zhao was really shameful, and the second lady had to pretend to be magnanimous after suffering such a sad loss. Not only did she reward Caiyun with five taels of silver, but she even made two new clothes for her master.

Jin Xi gloats into bed with her belly full of misfortune, but has a nightmare all night long.After breakfast the next day, the whole person was still listless, and his mind was full of bits and pieces of being with his adoptive father in the previous life.

"What's wrong with the sixth girl, her little face is pale, don't you think she's sick?" As soon as Nanny Zhou entered the door, she saw Jin Xi lying on the table, holding a brush in her hand, but her eyes were staring at the window grilles pasted on the window in a daze.

Jin Xi came back to her senses, put down her pen and sat up straight with a smile, "I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Mammy, what's the matter with you?"

Nanny Zhou stopped Mama Ai from pouring tea, and said with a smile: "Auntie came with her cousin, the first lady and the second lady are here, and the girls have all gone, and the old lady asked the sixth girl to go to the auntie too. Please."

Jin Xi hurriedly got up to change her clothes, but there was a series of big question marks in her heart.The eldest lady and the second lady hide her intentionally or unintentionally on weekdays, and never let her appear in front of relatives.Although the old lady loved her, she acquiesced to it.She has never seen this aunt since she grew up, why did everyone take the initiative to let her show up today?

Haitang and Caiyue brought out the clothes newly awarded by the first lady and the second lady, Jin Xi made quick calculations, and finally chose the clothes that the first lady had just sent to wear.The eldest lady is in charge, and the second lady is her aunt. It is in her best interest for these two people to check and balance each other. It is time to add more firewood to the fire in the heart of the second lady!

Nanny Zhou looked up and down at the neatly dressed Jin Xi and said with a smile: "I didn't think so, but now I know that our sixth girl is also a beauty, and in a few years, I'm afraid the matchmaker will step on the threshold of our house! "

Nanny Zhou has served by the old lady's side since she was a child. She is a prudent person who never speaks casually. Why did she say such frivolous things without beginning and end today?Thinking of what she said earlier, Jin Xi had goosebumps all over her body.

Jin Xi entered the Crane Hall restlessly, and the little maid guarding the gate saw Zhou Nanny hurriedly picking up the indigo ingot satin cotton curtain with a smile on her face, and reported inside loudly.

Hearing the arrival of the sixth girl, the middle-aged beautiful woman sitting in the guest seat put down the blue chrysanthemum petal tea cup in her hand, looked up and saw a little girl with a bulging nose, big eyes and sharp jaws walking in without any haste.She was wearing a brand-new ginger-yellow short-breasted jacket embroidered with light green zigzag plums, and a grass-green thick brocade skirt underneath.Colorful ribbons were wrapped around the bun's head, and no rouge was applied on the white and clean face, only a vermilion plum blossom the size of a fingernail was dotted between the eyebrows.

Not as glamorous as Jinjue, nor as charming as Jinxiu, the handsome and charming Zhou family, this look can only be considered ordinary, but clean and elegant, very attractive.Especially those big eyes, black and white, like a black agate embedded in a white agate, extremely clear and translucent.

Seeing the clothes on Jinxi's body, the eldest lady glanced at the darkened second lady from the corner of her eye, and twitched the corner of her mouth imperceptibly.

The beautiful woman waved Jinxi over with a smile on her face, turned her head and smiled at Mrs. Zhou, who was lying on the soft couch: "Such a person who is so juicy, it's no wonder that the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are reluctant to wear their hair outside. If I have such a delicate Girl, I also hide at home so that no one will know."

The barbed woman in front of her has inherited the beautiful features of the Zhou family. Jin Xi doesn't need anyone to introduce her to her.Seeing that Zhou Yunying was actually wearing a robe with tunic and arrow sleeves that men only wear when they go out hunting, the crow-blue dark pattern satin made her face look like an autumn moon, and the single phoenix eyes slightly raised at the corners of her eyes were paired with two willow-leaf eyebrows. There is a heroic spirit that does not give way to a man.Jin Xi was secretly amazed, wondering how the Zhou family could raise such a unique daughter.

Seeing Jinxi's eyes circling her clothes all the time, Zhou Yunying flicked her sleeves like a man, and said with a smile, "I just went to the palace to play polo for the empress dowager with Duke Mu, and I haven't had time to change. Clothes, don't take offense!"

Chi Guoguo showed off, the eldest lady and the second lady were polite, but they were itching with hatred in their hearts. Who made Zhou Yunying hug her thick legs, I can only bear it if I can't afford it!

Jinxi took half a step back and saluted Zhou Yunying in a dignified manner, "Jinxi pays homage to Auntie!"

"Yo!" Zhou Yunying seemed very surprised, pulled Jinxi up and smiled, "How do you know I'm your aunt?"

Remembering that she was still an idiot, Jin Xi gnawed her fingers twice, and then said coyly: "You look like your ancestor, so I called you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the floor laughed.Jinxiu curled her lips, and said with a sneer, "Is your relative a fool? You are the only idiot..." The second lady who was sitting next to her coughed dryly, and Jinxiu's voice suddenly dropped.Jin Ling was just about to say something to laugh at her, when she caught a glimpse of the lady's cold expression out of the corner of her eye, she shrank her neck and didn't dare to say anything.

Zhou Yunying didn't seem to have noticed this little episode, so she reached out and wiped a jade bracelet from her wrist, and handed it to Jinxi with a smile, "I came in a hurry and didn't bring you something good, so I'll take this as a gift for you!"

The bracelet was bright in color, and the green color was as rich as a ball of oil paint that could not be melted. Even though Jin Xi was an amateur, he knew that the bracelet was priceless, so he shook his head repeatedly and dared not take it.Giving such a heavy gift for the first time is disturbing no matter how you look at it!

Mrs. Zhou saw Zhou Yunying's meeting ceremony clearly, and suddenly sat up straight, "This can be rewarded by the empress dowager, take it back quickly, how can she bear this like a little person!"

"If the Queen Mother rewards me, it's mine. I don't have a girl. Is it for nothing?" Zhou Yunying's words had no deep meaning, and Mrs. Zhou didn't speak anymore, but Jinxi's hairs stood on end, and she didn't dare to answer.

The room was silent, everyone's eyes were on Jin Xi, and Jin Xi suddenly felt a lot of pressure.She didn't know whether it was her delusion or some other reason, she just felt that Zhou Yunying's smile was getting weaker and weaker, and her eyes seemed to be full of disappointment.Just not knowing what to do, the second lady suddenly smiled and said, "My sister has good intentions, but this thing is too expensive. If her child's house is damaged, she will not be blamed. Why don't I keep it for her. So many people are looking at it." , you are not afraid that if I swallow it, I will not admit it in the future."

"Second sister-in-law's words are also reasonable, so I'll keep them first, and give them to the sixth girl when she grows up." Zhou Yunying chuckled, then put the bracelet back lightly, and turned to tell Liumei and almond eyes to separate. The beautiful girl said: "Qingyun, please remember to go back and remind me to make up a meeting gift for the sixth girl."

The pretty girl named Qingyun responded with a clear voice, and Zhou Yunying changed the subject.An invisible turmoil disappeared, Jin Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was thinking about whether to find an excuse to escape, when he suddenly heard someone behind him say softly: "I don't like this idiot, I like the second younger sister."

Before Jinxi could turn around, Jinxiu jumped up and said angrily, "Who wants you to like me? I'd rather be liked by a pig than you!"

(End of this chapter)

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