Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 17
Although the old lady Meng said that she was unwilling to take care of the tedious affairs of the mansion on the surface, and said that she was seriously ill, in fact, she wished that the three wives under her knees would fight to the death, and in the end, wouldn't she just listen to her?

Shi Yiqing walked through the hallway and alley, walked up the corridor, walked to the upper courtyard, and turned to the left side room, carefully asked the maid who served the old lady, and learned that the old lady was still asleep at noon, so she waited in the side room.Not long after, the dearest old lady, Mrs. Meng, stepped out of the main room slowly, and when she walked to the side room, she was stunned when she saw Shi Yiqing.

"Why is Fourth Miss here still waiting in the side room?"

Shi Yiqing frowned and smiled meekly: "I heard that grandma has not woken up from her afternoon nap, so she waits here and dare not disturb her easily."

Zhu Xi smiled thoughtfully with downcast eyes, and said: "Miss Si has just returned to the mansion, and I think I have a lot to say to the old lady, but now the old lady is not feeling well, and the affairs of the house are all taken care of by the three ladies. If the fourth lady has something to do, you can tell the third lady, she thinks the third lady is kind and will take good care of the fourth lady."

Shi Yiqing exhaled and laughed lightly, thinking to himself, it was because she was afraid that she would not know what to do, and would cry to the old lady Meng about the wronged thing she had suffered in the morning.Thinking of this, she lowered her eyes and said softly: "My mother took good care of me, thank you sister Zhuxi for your guidance, but I thought of my grandmother's kindness in raising me when I was young, and I haven't returned for many years, and I miss my grandmother, so I did it rashly." I just broke in, wanting to serve my grandma beside her gums, and do my filial piety for my mother."

Hearing this, Zhu Xi raised his eyebrows in surprise, looked at Shi Yiqing carefully, and said slowly: "Miss Si really has a heart. If that's the case, Miss Si will go in with the slaves and wait. It won't be a while before the old lady can wake up."

The maid standing at the door opened the curtain, Shi Yiqing followed Zhu Xi and broke in.Although the lingering prestige of summer has not yet dissipated, the bleak autumn wind is sweeping in. The old lady is afraid that a gust of wind will make her seriously ill, and make the whole Chunhui Hall as warm as fire and fragrant.

Stretching his gaze, Shi Yiqing turned his eyes to see the phoenix totem drawn by the Suzhou Embroidery Celebrity Workshop, which is worth a thousand dollars, inlaid with a red gold frame, and it is lifelike and horizontal in front of his eyes.Following the breath of bamboo bypassing the screen, Shi Yiqing came to the Baibao Pavilion, and saw all kinds of precious vessels inside, no matter if it was blue porcelain, colored porcelain, fine porcelain, or coarse porcelain, let alone the craftsmanship, they were only arranged according to their worth Let it go, quite a feeling of nouveau riche.

Looking along, I saw a long table made of red sandalwood chairs on the whole hall, incense mist rose from the blue and white sea pattern incense burner, a gilt screen was inserted next to it, calligraphy and paintings of famous people hung on the table, and top-quality chrysanthemums were next to the table. .

Shi Yiqing was placed on a rosewood chair and sat down, looking down at the scarlet and thick carpet on the floor, which was hard to buy with an inch of money, saying that there was nowhere to show off, my wife had plenty of money.

I still remember how in her previous life she was stunned by the rich scene in front of her when she followed the third wife Yang into this bustling area. At that time, she also fantasized about how prosperous and prosperous the Shi family in the capital city would be before returning to Beijing. The magnificent appearance of this place also appeared in dreams countless times. It was not until she witnessed the luxury here that she suddenly realized that compared with the extravagant wealth and honor in the dream, this place was more like a dream.

Today's Shi Yiqing is sitting on the back of the chair, emptied of her own thoughts, her expression seems to be gazing into the distance, the surrounding scenery has not changed, but in the end, things still look like people, she is no longer the simple and stupid Shi Yiqing in the past , will no longer panic because of seeing such wealth and make many humble accents to make people laugh.

Bamboo breath in the distance looked at Shi Yiqing who was sitting firmly on the back of the chair, nodded secretly, then took a step around the screen and walked to the inner room to wait for the old lady Meng to get up: "Old lady, Miss Fourth is here."

The old lady Meng frowned slightly, and said impatiently: "But you came here to complain?"

Zhu Xi said in a slow voice: "The slave girl doesn't look like it, it looks like Tete came here to serve the old lady to eat."

The old lady Meng opened her eyes in a little surprise, stood up with Zhu Xi's support, let the maid beside her change her clothes, and said hesitantly: "Look at it, how real is it?"

Zhu Xi turned his eyes and said in thought: "I don't know what Miss Si is thinking, but I just observed in the dark for a while, I think Miss Si's mind is really pure."

"How do you say that?"

Zhu Xi thought for a while, then said slowly: "The slave girl originally thought that the fourth lady had come back from her hometown in the countryside and had never seen wealth, so she sent the fourth lady to wait outside, thinking that the fourth lady would feel emotional when she saw the old lady's wealth. I was so excited, I never thought that the fourth lady would turn a blind eye to her. The servant knew that he had overstepped, but the servant was afraid that the fourth lady, like the other ladies, came here for the old lady's wealth and had never paid anything to the old lady. Sincerely, on the contrary, the hurt old lady was sad, so she wanted to use all the gold and jade to explore Miss Fourth."

The old lady Meng nodded without making any comments: "Just this one thing bought you?"

After Zhu Xi heard this, he hurriedly said: "What the old lady said is that this servant is indeed reckless and jumping to conclusions. It's just that the servant saw that the fourth lady brought and waited on the Baizhi that the third lady sent over. It seems that the fourth lady grew up in a simple In my hometown, I have practiced hard before the Buddha for many years, and my heart is most sympathetic to the old lady, and I think my temper should be simple."

The old lady sighed and touched the white hair at the temples, and said in a deep voice: "You have been by my side for many years, and you have never looked at others highly, let alone say a good word for others, but you said a lot for her today. Yes, I also understand what you mean. It's just... that's all, I don't know if I can live to see her Jiji, I don't bother to guess whether she is sincere or not, and I don't have the patience to care about these things Things, from now on, don't talk too much."

Zhu Xi lowered his cheeks with a gloomy expression, and said in a hoarse voice: "The old lady lived a hundred years, so it's not as scary as you said."

The old lady in the bronze mirror just smiled, turned her eyes to the girl behind her and said: "You go and call Fourth Miss to my daily living room, and Fourth Miss and I will have dinner there."

The girl answered with lowered cheeks, went out of the room, walked around the screen, found Shi Yiqing who was sitting on the high chair, bent down and saluted and said: "The old lady has woken up from her afternoon nap, and I ordered my servant to take the young lady to the side hall for dinner."

Shi Yiqing got up and frowned and followed the maid to the side hall. In the room in between, an Arhat couch was filled with exquisite glazed kang screens and brocade cushions, and other objects were made of bright red and purple, pure gold and silver furniture. , although it is placed in a cliché, it nowhere no longer shows her wealth and prosperity.

The old lady Meng stepped in, surrounded by Zhu Xi and others, and when she saw Shi Yiqing, she smiled and took her hand: "Didn't you just come here this morning to say hello? Why did you rush here just after noon? Know that you take care of yourself and take more rest."

Shi Yiqing replaced the girl and together with Zhu Xi supported the old lady Meng to sit on the Luohan couch, smiled and took a small and exquisite silver hammer from the kang table and beat the old lady Meng's legs, saying: "Go back, granddaughter, After sitting for a while, I was thinking about my grandma, but after thinking about it for a while, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I came to see my grandma."

The old lady Meng nodded with a smile, pulled Shi Yiqing to sit beside her, stretched out her arms to hold her in her arms, and screamed heartily.Mrs. Meng is getting old, although she is impatient and noisy, she still wants to have a lively and happy life, and likes to have children and grandchildren around her knees, but the wives and young ladies in the three rooms in the mansion are all polite and euphemistic, even quarreling and causing trouble. Turning around seven or eight turns, she was confused and impatient.

Now, when the old lady Meng heard Shi Yiqing speak so bluntly, although she was suspected of sycophancy and flattery, she was still her granddaughter after all, and she wanted her to be closer to him.

Just as the grandfather and grandson were saying this, the girl standing outside walked in through the curtain, leaned over and said: "Old madam, several wives, young wives, and young ladies are waiting outside, you can prepare dinner."

The old lady Meng waved her hand and asked the maids below to set the meal first, then she took Shi Yiqing's hand and got up and walked over. Seeing that the room was full of people, they all looked at Shi Yiqing beside him with complicated expressions. Then he smiled slowly: "Qing'er, I would like to thank you as an old woman. If you hadn't come to see me, I'm afraid these people would not want to be vegetarian like an old woman like me."

Mrs. Meng worships Buddha all the year round, and has been a vegetarian for many years. If not necessary, the lady of the mansion would just come here every day to order a meal and then leave. This trip hurt the old lady Meng's heart. Blocking the door, the ladies just ate the food in the small kitchen with peace of mind and refused to come to the old lady again.

The newly married daughter-in-law followed the second wife in plain clothes, and stood out of place in the rich house, but she didn't feel any discomfort at all, holding a sapphire bowl and silver chopsticks to serve the old lady .After everyone had lunch and rinsed their mouths carefully, and the maid below brought tea, Jian Shi, the third wife of the second room, looked at Shi Yiqing with a smile and said: "Everyone said that a beautiful lady came to the aunt's house, now take a look , is really too beautiful, no wonder the old lady likes it so much."

When Jane said this, she looked down at Shi Xuanxin, and saw that she was wearing a pleated skirt with begonia red flowing clouds pattern, sitting on the round stool dignifiedly and quietly, smiling and listening to everyone talking.

The eldest lady who held a fan and smiled pointedly opened her mouth and said: "This old lady likes it, I'm afraid others will not like it, third brother and sister, what do you think?"

The third lady, Yang raised her lowered eyes, waved to Shi Yiqing with a smile on her face as usual, and said, "Qing'er, you just wet your clothes this morning and got caught in the wind and cold, and your hands and feet are still cold, how could you rush in rashly?" Come out? I sent someone to give you a cloak to wear before, but who knows that you are walking so fast that you didn’t even catch up with you.” As he spoke, he cast a reproachful glance at her, and waved his hand to let the maid behind her embrace her. He took the crane cloak in his hand and put it on Shi Yiqing in front of everyone.

The crane cloak is light and warm. White silver thread is used to outline the pattern of magnolia flowers on the powder blue satin surface, and the edge is used to outline cloud patterns with gold thread. The ermine inside is all made of big hair, which looks very warm.Shi Yiqing looked down at the cheap and humble magnolia flower, which happened to cover the darkness in his eyes, raised his hand to gather up the skirt, and touched the lining. Obviously, as she expected, it was worn out and hastily refurbished.This was not beyond her expectation. After all, the third lady hated her so much that she wished she would die in the cold wind. How could she be so kind to her? She thought that Mrs. Yang came here to make an appearance in front of everyone. I rummaged through the box and found it as a favor.

Shi Yiqing smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, mother."

(End of this chapter)