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Chapter 1 Lamei Aoxue
Episode 001 Wintersweet Aoxue

In Shengjing in the twelfth lunar month, there was a heavy snowfall, the roof ridges and treetops were all covered with white, covered in silver, and all the glitz was suppressed.

In the courtyard of Shicui Pavilion, a red plum blooms in full bloom.

The snow on the plum tip is dyed with a delicate fragrance, falling in the breeze, and the dark fragrance floats.Occasionally, bright petals fall on the snow-colored ground, which is as gorgeous as brocade, embellishing the monotony of the snow.

Shicui Pavilion is small and exquisite, with three upper rooms and four small side rooms.

In the cold weather, thick curtains were hung to prevent the cold, and two green and bronze stoves continuously sent hot air into the corners of the east room.

Xue Dongyuan wore a satin jacket embroidered with jade hairpin flowers in a honey color, and sat on the big kang by the window, leaning against the green forged ball and ink pillow to do needlework.

A woman's low laughter came from the outside, and after a moment the curtain was lifted, and two maidservants aged sixteen or seventeen came in.

"Miss Nine..." A maid wearing a light green floral silk jacket bowed her knees to salute Dong Yuan. Her name was Baojin, and she was the personal maid in the house of Dong Yuan's grandmother, Mrs. Xue. Going back to Beijing for the New Year, I will visit the old lady at the mansion today. The old lady asked me to ask if you feel better, if you feel better, go see your uncle and grandma."

Dong Yuan got up and got off the kang, called Sister Baojin, and said with a smile: "I'm not in the way, I'll go right away. Thank you sister for going..."

Then he ordered his big maid, Juxiang, to give Baojin an eight-cent silver coin as a reward.

Baojin took it generously, thanked Miss Jiu, and followed Juxiang out.

Dong Yuan would go to greet the old lady every day.A few days ago it was snowing and it was difficult to walk, but the old lady was happy to stay for dinner.When I came back, it was dark, and the lights in the Liuli Palace were too dim, and Juxiang slipped.Dong Yuan quickly went to help her up, but his feet were unsteady and he slipped and fell.

Ju Xiang was fine, but she sprained her ankle.

This kind of thing is too embarrassing, so I have to say that I have contracted a cold.

Fortunately, it was snowing and cold, and many people in the family were infected. The old lady didn't suspect it, and sent her maid to bring some soup and food.

Ju Xiang sent the scarf out, and Ju Hong started to help Dong Yuan change.

She wore a lilac-colored folded-branch grape-pattern Ge Yunchou beanie, and a jade-colored Double Happiness Linmen woven gold pleated skirt behind the door, elegant and generous.Seeing that Ju Hong took out the multicolored tapestry stone blue ermine cloak, Dong Yuan hurriedly said: "I don't want this one, just wear that stone blue feather satin cloak."

This dress is so gorgeous.

Originally, a multicolored tapestry cloak is very common in Xuehou's mansion, and the hairpin tassel is a prominent family, whose female family members are not gorgeously dressed?

But Dong Yuan can't.

Most of the clothes in her closet are plain colors of lotus root, lake water, and moon white, just because her appearance is too eye-catching.

Xue Dongyuan, who will turn 15 in the first month of next year, is tall and has a graceful waist.Her skin is smooth and fair, and her upper lip is slightly raised. She resembles her father, Mr. Xue Wu, to half or six, and she is also three to three similar to the other concubines and concubine sisters in Wufang.

Different from their sweetness and loveliness, Dong Yuan has a pair of strange eyes: her eyes are slanted and long, the tip of her eyes is raised, her pupils are as black as black agate, her frowns and smiles are fierce, enchanting and charming.

Several times I heard the mother-in-law, maidservants, even aunts and sisters in the family say behind her back that she is naturally vicious.

The daughter-in-law of Gongqing's family will marry into the right family in the future.Marrying a wife and virtue, and growing up like this, the elders in the family are always worried about being too frivolous.

Dong Yuan is the eldest daughter of Wufang, and no one cares about her when she is almost 15 years old. Does this have something to do with her appearance?
After understanding this truth, her clothes are always plain and simple, and although she does not hide her beauty, the old lady finally feels that she is low-key and cautious, and she likes her somewhat.

Ju Hong obediently took the stone blue feather satin cloak and put it on for her, Ju Xiang sent the treasure scarf away, and turned back to the house.

Dong Yuan ordered her: "Open the box and find my pair of Ru kiln plum vases, glass crystal plum vases, and blue-and-white porcelain ones, and then bring a few maidservants to pick some red plums. Put the blue-and-white porcelain plum vases as gifts for my mother. , the ones in Ruyao’s packaging are sent to my aunt, and the ones made of glass and crystal, I will take them with me, and go to the old lady’s..."

Tangerine fragrance reveals reluctance.

"If you send it away, you can't come back..." She muttered in a low voice, "We don't have many good things in the room, and the blue and white porcelain plum vase is another thing. The Ru kiln and the crystal ones are the bottom of our box. The Chinese New Year is coming soon." I can't show it, Madam should scold again..."

Mrs. refers to her stepmother Yang.

Xue Dongyuan's father is the fifth son of Lord Xue Laohou, the number one scholar in Yongxing for 45 years, and now he is writing in the Imperial Academy.In his early years, he married the eldest daughter of the Han family, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and gave birth to a daughter Xue Dongyuan.

The Han family passed away due to dystocia. The next year, he married the fifth daughter of Uncle Jianheng's Yang family as his successor, and gave birth to a daughter Xue Donglin and a son Xue Huayi.

Hearing Ju Xiang's muttering, Xue Dongyuan laughed: "Now that I'm older, it's getting harder and harder to transfer! Go, why bother?"

The tone is intimate, she likes this lively and lovely big maid very much.

Tangerine curled her lips and left.

Find three pairs of plum vases and place them on the kang table near the window. They are luxurious and eye-catching, and the orange red is also distressing to look at.

"Miss, this crystal plum vase was rewarded by the old lady, if it is lost..." She also persuaded Dong Yuan.But remembering that there were only these three pairs of plum vases in their room, and they couldn't replace them with others, he swallowed the following words again.

Juhong is different from Juxiang, she has a gentle and calm personality.

Xue Dongyuan smiled: "No matter how good things are in this family, they are not ours..."

Ju Xiang was coming in holding a handful of rich and fragrant red plums, when she heard this, she couldn't help but glance at her.

Xue Dongyuan took it, and fiddled with the crystal plum vase by himself. While inserting the plums, he said to Juxiang and Juhong: "Every plant and tree in this house, even you and me, belong to the old lady, Mrs. Shizi. Give this plum vase away. If the old lady and Mrs. Shi Ziye are happy, they will give back something better; if they hide it at the bottom of the box, if they are not happy, they can take it for any reason."

The two maids nodded repeatedly.

Dong Yuan simply said more clearly: "The old lady and Mrs. Shizi are happy. In the future, when I leave the cabinet, I will give you more at the bottom of the box. That will be ours!"

Mrs. Shizi refers to her eldest aunt Rong.

Ju Hong nodded again, agreeing with Dong Yuan's words.

Ju Xiang smiled narrowly: "Miss, are you thinking about the bottom of the box when you leave the cabinet?"

Ju Hong glared at Ju Xiang.

But Dong Yuan smiled generously and indifferently: "Well, you should plan ahead!" His voice was calm, like an ancient well without waves.Although it was quiet, there was a chill that could not be concealed.

Ju Xiang and Ju Hong didn't speak for a while, they inserted the plum vase silently.

Yang Shi, the mistress of the Fifth Household, was amiable on the surface, but she was a little less sincere towards Ninth Miss Xue Dongyuan.If Miss Nine hadn't suddenly woke up five years ago and always walked in front of the old lady and won the old lady's joy, how could they have a good life today?
First go to the daughter of the concubine, she is not as good as a concubine in front of the mistress, and when she can suppress her, Yang will never let Dong Yuan go.

Not counting, can you live as decently as you are today?How difficult Miss Jiu is, only the two maids know.

Five years ago, Miss Nine was only nine years old, naive and ignorant of world affairs, she didn't like reading, she didn't practice needlework, and she only knew how to play around with her maids.

Later, I took the concubine Miss Ten to pick mulberries in the back garden. I don't know which maid urged her to climb the tree herself, but she fell down.

She has a reckless temper, and her appearance is too seductive. The elders in the family don't like her very much, thinking that her frivolous behavior will only embarrass the Xue family in the future.

The old lady, who always ignored the affairs of the daughter-in-law's room, made an exception several times and told the fifth lady that Dong Yuan was too ignorant, and asked her to discipline Xue Dongyuan strictly.Fifth Madam was very aggrieved, saying that the child had such a natural nature and could not be managed well.

The old lady disliked Dong Yuan even more.

After falling from the tree, Xue Dongyuan was in a coma for three days, the old lady and Mrs. Shizi reluctantly came to see her once, and then left her alone.

She woke up three days later, and after lying in bed for two months, she became silent and restrained.

After that, she gradually got better, and her words and deeds were calm and generous, as if she was a different person.

The old lady likes Buddhist scriptures, Miss Nine would copy the Buddhist scriptures to the old lady every now and then, and chant the scriptures with her, sitting for three hours without moving, she was more devout than the old lady.

The old lady was puzzled at first why she had changed so much.

What I like is that it is getting better and better, and I am happy from the bottom of my heart.Later, seeing that she acts introverted and forbearing, not as frivolous and reckless as she was when she was young, and she has the graceful and elegant style of a young lady, I like her even more.

In particular, Dong Yuan was able to hold his breath and recite the Buddha's name, which moved the old lady the most.

Not to mention that Dong Yuan is less than ten years old, even when Mrs. Shizi is in her 40s, she can't bear this loneliness.With this toughness alone, the old lady decided to raise her well, just like the fourth young lady Xue Dongting back then.

Although Dongyuan often helped to write Buddhist scriptures, his handwriting was not good. The old lady invited Xibin to teach her through the screen for two years; she was not good at female sex, so the old lady hired the best nurse from the needlework bureau in the palace ma.

Dong Yuan is eager to learn, and has a very high comprehension ability. These years, he has finally lived up to the old lady. He is outstanding in reading and writing, needlework, at least not lagging behind, and can catch up with the sisters who studied since childhood.

At that time, the old lady found out that Mama Tang, Dongyuan's nurse, was rolling her eyes when she looked at people. She didn't pay attention before, but she felt displeased when she found out.Mother Tang belonged to the fifth lady, and the old lady hesitated because she couldn't find a suitable excuse to kick her out.

Later, Dong Yuan pointedly said to the old lady: "I asked Mama Tang to teach me women's red, but she taught me to embroider mandarin ducks playing in water...Grandma, I can't embroider well..." Before he finished speaking, his face turned bright red , I am ashamed.

Teach a lady who has never left the pavilion to embroider and play with mandarin ducks in water!

The old lady was furious, and beat Mama Tang out, and replaced Mama Luo, who was the most powerful around her, as Dong Yuan's envoy.

Dongyuan's original two personal maids, one named Mu Mian and the other named Du Li, were both rewarded by the Fifth Madam Yang's. Several times when she was writing, she urged her: "Miss, don't you want to see what your husband looks like?"

Young girls are always full of curiosity.

But she is a rich lady, and she is still behind a screen when teaching, so how can she follow the advice of Mr.
After Dong Yuan listened to the maid's words, he simply blinked his big eyes and didn't answer.

Turning around, she told the old lady: "The elder brothers in the family can see you. Although Mr. is a mentor... But he is always an outsider... The two sisters, Mu Mian and Du Li, are also very helpful to my mother. My mother gave me a gift. There must be no mistakes... I am a little confused, grandma..."

For fear of making a mistake, I stammered.

The old lady changed her face in an instant, took the kapok and Duli, called the steward from the outer courtyard, and said angrily in front of the fifth lady: "beat these two little whores for thirty boards, and then sell them to the brothel. go!"

How dare the two little maids teach the girl not to keep her duty?

The old lady snorted coldly, and glanced at the fifth lady.

Fifth Madam's face turned ashen for a moment.

The next day, in front of Mrs. Shizi, Second Mrs., Third Mrs., and Fourth Mrs., the old lady said to Mrs. Fifth: "I know you are busy, not to mention that sister Lin and Brother Yi who came out of your stomach have to take care of them personally. Even Sister Wan, Sister Shu, Sister Yan, and Sister Xian who were born to aunts, which one do you not need to worry about? Sister Yuan is older, so it is understandable that you can't take care of her. Mother Luo is my favorite Yes, you know the seriousness of things; Juxiang and Juhong are honest and honest, let them serve Sister Yuan, you don't have to worry..."

The tone was very obvious, telling Yang to stop meddling with Dong Yuan's affairs, the old lady would take care of her personally.

Fourth Madam Shen immediately covered her sleeves and smiled.

Yang was too unkind and asked the people around her to teach the daughter left behind by her predecessor to be a vixen.Using this method to harm sister Yuan is just relying on the fact that the old lady never cares about the affairs of the daughters-in-law's room.

How would you know, the little girl suddenly understood, and revealed Yang's tricks in front of the old lady.What's more, she didn't expect that the old lady would protect her granddaughter like this!
The always tolerant old lady called all the daughters-in-law over, and said to the fifth lady face to face, although she didn't have a single word of scolding, but she said every word that Mrs. Yang had lost her moral character and was too vicious to Sister Yuan.

If she wasn't really in a hurry, the old lady could tell Yang in private, as before, to save her some face.

Yang's face seemed to have a paint shop, and he didn't dare to use tricks against Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan also became more respectful and tolerant towards Yang Shi, and acted calmly. Although Yang Shi didn't like her, he couldn't catch her fault, and finally passed these years in peace.

Thinking of these, Xue Dongyuan's eyes became warmer.

After the plum blossoms were placed, Madam Luo personally sent the Ru kiln plum vase to the eldest aunt Rong, and Juxiang gave the fifth lady Yang a blue-and-white porcelain plum vase, and asked two little maids to hold the crystal plum vase and follow them. Behind Ju Hong, she followed her to Rongde Pavilion where the old lady lived.

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