The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 68

She has always felt that Zhang Tingyu always loses when playing chess with his elder brother, but he is not weak in chess, and he doesn't seem like someone who will lose.

I asked about the siege a few times, but Zhang Tingyu's mouth was tight, and he didn't say a word, Gu Huaishu just studied it slowly by himself.Life in the back house is boring, except for Mrs. Chen, this is the only way to pass the time.

Playing chess until noon, had another meal, took a nap at noon, before getting up, Gu Huaishu heard someone shouting outside.

"Second Young Mistress, Third Young Mistress is preparing a birthday banquet, please make a decision if you have anything to do."

Gu Huaishu laughed immediately, and she asked the servant girl to dress herself, and she moved slowly, without any rush.

The one who came outside was Third Young Mistress' personal maid Fen Xiang. She had been standing there for a long time, but she still didn't see Gu Huaixiu coming out, so she called out again: "Second Young Mistress?"

Duofu stood guard in front of the curtain, and frowned suddenly: "Don't shout, the second young lady just got up, you wait."

Where did Fennel think that the Second Young Mistress would be so unhurried, anyway, it was all about the Third Young Mistress's birthday banquet, and I don't know if the Second Young Mistress did it on purpose.

She waited outside for about two quarters of an hour before the sound of tea being poured came from inside.

Gu Huaixiu took the tea and moved his fingers, feeling a little stiff.

She lifted the lid of the tea and said softly, "Call someone in."

Duofu heard it, and then motioned for Fennel to go in.

Fennel was also a little scared for some reason, it was fine to stand outside for a moment, but after standing for a long time, the Second Young Mistress still ignored her, which was scary.

She went in tremblingly, and squatted down: "Greetings to Second Young Mistress."

Gu Huaishu turned sideways to her, very casually: "What's the rush?"

Fennel broke out in a cold sweat, and said in a low voice: "The third young lady wants to use red silk to decorate the old lady's birthday, and someone ordered the storeroom to pick up the things, but the people in the storeroom said that they have to take everything now." I got your approval, so I asked my slaves to consult with you."

The words are very polite, but it's hard to say whether they think so behind their backs.

Gu Huaishu said slowly: "It's not impossible to decorate with red silk and satin, but how much you use must be recorded in the register, take as much as you use, and remember to send the unused ones back to the warehouse. Qingdai, give her the right cards."

Qing Dai went to the back to get a pair of cards, and handed one to Fennel.

"There's nothing else to do, let's go. If you have any troubles, please ask your young mistress to ask me." Gu Huaishu took a sip of tea, and with just one sentence, he let Fenix ​​go.

Fenix ​​just came here for this matter, took a pair of cards, and it only took two sentences before and after, but she stood outside for a quarter of an hour, and she felt uncomfortable when she walked out.

Going to the warehouse to finish the work of the third young mistress, my eyes were red when I returned.

Xiao Chen was also aggrieved, she hadn't made it clear about the satin thing in the morning, and she was going to prepare a birthday banquet in the afternoon, and she had to ask Gu Huaishu for everything, otherwise the people below would not handle it.

When I asked people, it was always one sentence: Without the Second Young Mistress to speak, we dare not do anything you say.

It's just a birthday banquet, and you have to be restrained everywhere. Xiao Chen was so angry that she stomped back and forth in the room.

Seeing Fenix ​​come back with a gloomy face, Xiao Chen was quite impatient: "Who is short of your food and clothing? Why do you have such an expression of mourning star? Just asking a question, why did you come back at this time? Almost half an hour has passed!"

Fenix ​​whispered: "My servant has been waiting outside the door of Second Young Mistress for a long time. Duo Fu, who is beside Second Young Mistress, told this servant that Second Young Mistress just woke up from sleepiness. It has been two quarters since Numai entered, and I only talked to Second Young Mistress twice. Words came out."

"Sleepy? Made you wait outside for two minutes?!"

Xiao Chen's voice suddenly rose, and her hands trembled, "She can still sleep well at this moment! I was in a hurry to do things, but I made my people wait outside for a full quarter of an hour. She thought Who is she?"

Needless to say, with just such a detail, Mrs. Chen was already angry.

It's just that she still doesn't dare to turn against Gu Huaishu, it stands to reason that this is just a trivial matter.What is fennel?No matter how decent she is, she is just a maid, even if Gu Huaishu asked her to kneel outside and wait for two hours, no one dared to say anything.After all, Gu Huaixiu is the serious master in the mansion, so what's the matter with asking the servant girl to wait?
It's fine if Xiao Chen is someone else, but this is her personal servant girl.

As the saying goes, if you beat a dog to see its master, Gu Huaishu made her maid wait for so long, could it be that he slapped her in the face?

Where in the world is there such a reason?

A few months earlier, there was discord between the sisters-in-law, and now the hatred is even deeper.

Xiao Chen suppressed her anger and asked the woman outside to come in and talk.

What happened this time still needs to be handled by Mrs. Chen, she has no ability to challenge Gu Huaishu now.When she has endured this for a while and settled the matter, the old lady will definitely ask the second room to hand over the matching cards and the account book. At that time, it will be easy for her to handle Gu Huaixiu.

Xiao Chen closed her eyes, and under Fenix's astonished gaze, she managed to hold back this breath.

The mother-in-law outside came in and discussed with Mrs. Chen about holding a birthday banquet.

A woman said: "This birthday banquet must be festive. The old lady is getting older and starts to like excitement. The more lively the better."

Another woman said: "It is for this reason that it must be festive. It is only held once a year. The more grand it is, the more it will show the third young lady's filial piety to the old lady."

Mrs. Chen thought the same way. She paced around the room and said: "When I was in the south of the Yangtze River in the past, I only saw red coral decorations from wealthy families. .There are cooks and noodles, we must make the best ones, if the cooks in the mansion are not good enough, we go outside to invite them. As you say, the most important thing is your intentions."

Xiao Chen's meaning is good, it's just red coral decorations, although there are many in each room, but they are all for each room, I heard that there is one in the house of the young lady, but it should be placed everywhere, one or two small pieces Of course not.

Another person said: "These things have to be found in the warehouse."

Or go to the warehouse to find it?In other words, I still have to ask Gu Huaishu!
Now it's really a cook looking for her, asking her every stitch, whether it's satin or red coral ornaments, do you want?Yes, if the second young mistress agrees, we will give it.

When Xiao Chen thought of the faces of those people, her internal organs really ached.

But if you don't ask Gu Huaishu, this matter can't be done, so I sent another person to ask, and it took another half an hour to dawdle, and then I slowly started to prepare.

The few of them talked in the room all afternoon, and after a while, one of them went out to the second room to ask, Gu Huaishu always said the words "Third young lady said yes, let's do it", it sounded like he was dying , not to mention how annoying it is.

It's okay once or twice, I always ask, every time when the news comes back, Xiao Chen thinks that he is being suppressed by Gu Huaishu now, if there are not a few old women in front of him, So he yelled.

At dusk, the women who were discussing the birthday banquet finally left, and Mrs. Chen was waiting to go in, but she didn't expect Wang Fushun's family to come in the corridor over there.

This is the person next to the old lady, and Xiao Chen's eyes lit up immediately, thinking that the old lady had something to ask for herself, and enthusiastically won over: "Mom, why come here when you have time, come in and sit quickly, and pour tea with fennel. "

Wang Fushun's family lowered their heads, their faces were calm, as if there was no happy event.

She smiled meekly, looked back and said, "Miss Third, don't bother, Miss Fenxiang, please rest. The old slave is only here to do things for the old lady. Today, a new bolt of satin is distributed from the treasury, the old lady." I am sorry that you are a new daughter-in-law, so I always want to give you special treatment, so I called the old slave and gave you one of the two pieces of satin that was allocated to her."

Little Chen never expected that the old lady would be so considerate.

Her face was flushed, her eyes were wet with emotion, and she hurriedly shook the hands of Wang Fushun's family, "Grandma really loves me, and I troubled you to bring this piece of satin..."

Wang Fushun's family remained calm, turned around and called the servant girl to come up, and said with a smile: "Third Young Mistress, please take care of it."

Little Chen didn't notice anything strange yet, she asked Anise to go up to pick up something, and at the same time turned her head to take a look, but she couldn't help but let out a scream.

"This……"

This piece of satin is lotus-colored eight-treasure pattern, familiar to the eye, and there are bright tea stains on it, isn't it the one I returned to the warehouse in the morning, and which one is it?
just……

Just now Wang Fushun's family said that this piece of satin was taken from the two pieces of satin that the old lady got from the warehouse, but...

The old lady must have known that she did it, otherwise how could she let Wang Fushun's family make this trip on purpose?
Little Chen's heart was flustered, and her voice trembled: "Mom, mother, this, this..."

"Oh, you mean the tea stains?"

Wang Fushun's family showed a nonchalant expression, and only touched Mrs. Chen's soft-skinned hand, and sighed, "I don't know which bastard who doesn't have eyes, dared to mess with the old lady's satin. Such a stain, but the tea stain can be easily washed off, and the satin is still a good piece of satin, don't you... don't you think it's disgusting?"

"No, no, no... Mom was joking. It's too late for Yuyan to like her, so how dare she dislike her?" Xiao Chen waved her hands in fright, and then reprimanded Fennel, "I'm so happy for the winkless thing, I forgot about it, Why don't you go up and give the satin to the next one?"

Fennel was reprimanded for no reason, and she didn't dare to refute. She hurriedly confessed, and then went up to pick up the dirty lotus-colored satin.

Wang Fushun's family was satisfied with this, and said: "The old slave will go back and return to order. This satin is still the old lady's wish. I hope that the third young lady will not let you down."

Little Chen was trembling, terrified.

In her opinion, the biggest person in this mansion is the old lady, Gu Huaishu is nothing to worry about, as long as the old lady speaks, Gu Huaishu has no room to resist.So now, she has been taking great pains to win over Mrs. Wu, for fear of offending the old lady and making her life in the mansion miserable.

How could I have thought that I was so careful that I made a mistake in such a small detail.

She could only watch Wang Fushun's family leave, and waited for Xiao Chen to fall to the ground as soon as they left the moon gate, unable to get up.

"Young Mistress, Young Mistress, what's wrong with you..."

Xiao Chen looked at the piece of satin in Anise's arms, her eyes darkened, and she fainted.

"Did you faint?"

Gu Huaixiu almost fainted from laughter.

This little Chen was too frightened.

There was an ear teller by her side, and the news came quickly. Now she stretched and yawned, and saw Zhang Tingyu's shadow appearing by the window.

Qing Dai elaborated a few more words, then stood aside.

Gu Huaixiu bent his lips: "Wang Fushun's family is getting more and more eye-catching, and I like people like this. Go find a doctor later, and show them to you. Don't be scared and sick."

"Who's sick?"

Zhang Tingyu was a little puzzled when he heard this when he entered the door.

Gu Huaixiu was in a good mood, leaned closer, and hurriedly said: "Miss Third, she fainted for some reason...Didn't I ask someone to go and see?"

Zhang Tingyu looked at her for a long time, then saw the chessboard again, and said: "Are you still playing?"

"Wait until you tell me how to play, you stingy one, I might as well think on my own, I'm so bored..." Just to pass the time, Gu Huaishu pulled him in and sat down.

"Boring?" Zhang Tingyu raised his eyebrows, looked at the scenery outside, and said bluntly, "How about... go for an outing?"

Gu Huaixiu's eyes brightened: "Go tomorrow?"

"Spring is coming to an end, if you don't go, it will be too late. It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, so let's do it tomorrow."

Zhang Tingyu also felt that it was time to loosen his bones, and after saying this, Gu Huaixiu squinted his eyes and smiled happily.

Staying in this house is getting more and more uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)