Mistress

Chapter 30

Although Ying'er's appearance is not outstanding, standing next to Aunt Ji is only suitable as a foil, but her eyebrows are still pretty, and she is cute and cute.

Aunt Ji looked at her carefully, and said with a smile: "Ying'er, how have I treated you?"

Ying'er twisted the pink silk handkerchief in her hand, her face was like a peach blossom, she nodded and said softly: "Okay."

"Hey, your voice is really sweet, like a lark in the mountains. If Chen Hao listens to it, you will definitely feel sore all over." Aunt Ji knew that Ying'er admired Chen Hao, the guard next to Xu Cheng. Ying'er knew the look in Chen Hao's eyes when she peeked at him.

Aunt Ji knew in her heart that Xu Cheng had three personal guards, Su Bai was a cold-blooded and ruthless thing, and no one could coax him, and Zhu Yan was too old, and his wife was serving by Aunt Song's side, so it was difficult to win him over.After thinking about it, she felt that only Chen Hao, who was not yet married, could be connected.

When Ying'er heard Chen Hao's name, her head almost buried in the crook of her neck, she was too ashamed to raise her head.

Aunt Ji took Ying'er to sit down, and said very solemnly: "Ying'er, as long as you are willing to serve me wholeheartedly and do things for me wholeheartedly, I can guarantee that you will marry Chen Hao smoothly, and the position of Zhang Chun's family will be fulfilled sooner or later." is yours."

Ying'er slanted her body and only dared to sit on the corner of the chair, how could she dare to sit down straight.After hearing this, her eyes lighted up. Being able to marry Chen Hao was her greatest wish, and it was an almost impossible wish to realize.

This is related to a major event in her life, she no longer cared about being shy, and nodded desperately to Aunt Ji.At this time, even if Aunt Ji asked her to kill someone, she would not hesitate.

Aunt Ji patted Ying'er's hand, "You are such an obedient little girl, Chen Hao will definitely feel sorry for her in the future." Then she whispered in Ying'er's ear for a long time.

Ying'er's face turned pale and red after hearing this, and finally nodded shyly.

Li Yan has been studying Go, and she was really tired at this time, and then she learned sewing from Madam Cui for a while, and she couldn't keep her eyes open.

"Mother Cui, will the master come here for dinner tonight? If he doesn't come, I'll take a nap first. You can go to the Zhihui Hall and ask Su Bai and his guards. Forget it, just ask." Zhang Chun or Wu Qingfeng are two followers, although they don't know as much as Su Bai and others, it's easier to inquire from them."

Nanny Cui went out in response.She is old, so Zhang Chun and Wu Qingfeng will give her some face. They told Nanny Cui that the master will not be out of Zhihui Hall today, and of course they will not go to Jinxiu Courtyard.

Cui Mama's eyes were sharp, and she saw that all the windows of Zhihui Hall were tightly closed.Logically, if the master is really in Zhihui Hall, no matter how cold the weather is, there will be a gap.Although everyone said that the master was back, no one had seen him.

She came back with a heavy heart, avoiding Qi'er and Qing'er and secretly told Li Yan about the lack of openings in Zhihui Hall's windows.Afraid of disturbing Madam's mood, she added, "Maybe it's because I'm blind, or maybe it's just that the master doesn't think the room is stuffy and doesn't want to open a room today. Madam is tired, so let's take a nap. I'll wake you up when the meal comes."

Li Yan lay down on the warm kang thoughtfully, thinking of the piece of jade that Xu Cheng accidentally dropped the night before, she always felt that something was wrong.Then she remembered that when she paid her respects to Mrs. Tai in the morning, the old woman was uncharacteristically gentler to her, and she didn't understand what Mrs. Tai was talking about.

This mother and son, why are they so mysterious one by one, can't they speak more bluntly?It's tiring for her to figure it out like a riddle all day long.If there was a day when she and Xu Cheng had feelings and mutual trust, would he be able to talk to her?
Li Yan thought about it wildly, and said she was taking a nap, but she fell asleep for two hours at once.Nanny Cui couldn't bear to wake her up, and after the dinner was delivered, she asked the people in the dining hall to take it back.

At this time Li Yan woke up, and the dining hall made another hot meal and sent it to Jinxiu Courtyard.

Li Yan asked Qi'er and Qing'er to go to the embroidery room to get new shoes and socks, and then urged Nanny Cui to tell her about Jiang Ziheng while eating.

Sitting next to her, Cui Nanny recalled: "Ziheng is really stubborn. He is 28 and still doesn't marry a wife and start a family. Isn't this going to cut off the incense of the Jiang family? Ma'am, although you haven't had any real feelings for Ziheng, but you have no real affection for Ziheng. He is considered considerate, how could he forget many things?"

Li Yan sighed: "Oh, not only did I forget a lot about Jiang Ziheng after a serious illness, I even don't remember many old things with the master, and I feel ashamed to mention it."

Cui Nanny comforted: "It doesn't matter, I will tell you more when I have nothing to do, and you will remember it slowly. You and Ziheng have been playing together since the age of seven. At that time, the general and Ziheng His father has been fighting outside, while the old lady and Ziheng's mother are both guarding their hometown in the countryside. Unexpectedly, the general made many military exploits and sent someone to send the reward back home. The old lady thought that she could not read and could not teach her son. So I hired a gentleman to teach the two young masters and Ziheng to read. You were eager to learn at that time, and the old lady simply asked you to follow along. Since then, Ziheng has loved you more than the two young masters. You When he was 13 years old, the general came home and brought a piece of good news, saying that he had betrothed you to the eldest son of Xu. At that time, the Duke of the State was a general of the Ye Dynasty, commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. You heard I was so happy to be able to marry the son of the great general. I felt that the son of the great general would also be a majestic general in the future. Ziheng was not only not sad but also very happy to see you. He followed the two young masters to the battlefield with the general. gone."

Mother Cui shed a few tears while talking, "Ma'am, you also know that Ziheng has always been very literary. He was not expected to go to the battlefield. He was seriously injured many times, but he managed to save his life. I heard that he later became a I was a little captain. You were just fifteen at that time, and you married the master. At that time, you were quite disappointed when you learned that the master was not on the battlefield but a civil servant. After you two got along, you realized that although the master was As a civil servant, you are no worse than those generals in combat, and even far better than them. In fact, what Madam has been guessing should be correct. The emperor deliberately prevented the master from controlling the military power. But the master is very strategic and good at strategizing, the emperor To put down the rebels, you have to rely on the master, so let the master be the prime minister, so that the people in the world will think that the emperor not only does not tear down the river to cross the bridge, but also reuses the master, he is a wise king."

At this moment, Li Yan felt the deep relationship between Li Nianyun and Nanny Cui, otherwise she wouldn't even tell Nanny Cui what she had speculated about.

Mother Cui suddenly felt that she was off topic. Even if Madam could talk about the emperor, she shouldn't say it casually, so she continued the previous topic, "Ziheng is now a fourth-rank general. The imperial decree was going to Shandong to suppress mountain bandits, and he set out to visit his wife once, and he never came again. In the past two years, he has been everywhere to suppress bandits, and I don’t know where he is now.”

Li Yan thought to herself, Jiang Ziheng should be in a place not too far from the capital now, otherwise Xu Cheng wouldn't have asked Jiang Ziheng if he had visited her.

Li Yan had already finished her meal, so Nanny Cui called Xue'er in to collect the dishes and send them to the dining hall.Immediately afterwards, Qi'er and Qing'er came in, and they exchanged glances, chattering.

"What's wrong with you two?" Li Yan asked curiously.

Qi'er and Qing'er looked at each other, not knowing what to say.Qing'er was more impatient and couldn't hold back any longer, so she moved to Li Yan's side and said disgustedly: "That Ying'er is so shameless!"

Li Yan was confused when she heard that, "Which Yinger? Why isn't she...shameless?"

"It's Ying'er in Aunt Ji's house! The two of us ran into Aunt Ji taking the people in her house to the Qinyuan in the backyard on the road. They said that they wanted to cut some plum blossoms to decorate the Qiushui Pavilion, maybe to leave I left Ying'er alone in the Qiushui Pavilion. I didn't expect that Ying'er was so good that she dressed herself up like her master, with heavy makeup, a cloak wrapped with branches, and a pink jacquard brocade cloak, standing at the gate of the courtyard. Poking her head out." Qing'er paused, and then muttered softly, "Maybe she's dating some man."

Nanny Cui hurriedly said, "Qing'er, don't make wild guesses about such things. Why didn't you and Qi'er hide around there, and see who Ying'er is waiting for."

Qi'er came over and explained: "Qing'er and I found a place to hide for a while, but a group of boys went there with brooms to sweep the snow, and we came back quickly."

Cui Momo rolled her eyes and said to Li Yan: "Madam, why don't we hurry up and send a young man to carry a broom over there, and take a look secretly to see who Ying'er is having a private meeting with? Although Ying'er She is from Qiushui Pavilion, but Madam is the head of the house, and even Aunt Ji is in Madam's care, if a little girl like her dares to do something indecent, she must not be forgiven lightly."

Li Yan nodded immediately, "Okay, let Ma Xing send someone there, I can rest assured that he will do things. Also, please keep quiet, even if Ying'er really has a private meeting with someone in the house, don't arrest them on the spot, let alone Don't tell Aunt Ji. Don't startle the snake, and wait for the follow-up, maybe they are not just a private meeting."

Nanny Cui understood what Li Yan meant, so she went to find Ma Xing in person.

Half an hour later, Aunt Ji and the others returned to Qiushui Pavilion, and the servant sent by Ma Xing also came back, and he called Ma Xing back.

When Ma Xing came to Jinxiu Courtyard, he blamed himself: "Ma'am, I have let you down. Xuanzi came back and said... He said that he kept his eyes on the gate of Qiushui Pavilion, and he never saw anyone go in. It was after Aunt Ji came back." Before, he saw a black shadow flashing across the roof, but the boys who were with him said that a black bird flew over the roof. Xuanzi was already confused, and he himself couldn’t tell what he saw.”

Mother Cui hesitated and said: "Madam, could it be that we made a mistake, maybe Ying'er didn't have a private meeting with anyone?"

Li Yan didn't say anything, but there was something in her heart, that is, the person who met Ying'er must be someone with high martial arts skills!She asked Nanny Cui to fetch 50 taels of silver, and said, "Ma Xing, the silver is for you and Xuanzi. You and Nanny Cui are as close as mother and son, and I am as close as mother and daughter to Nanny Cui. Come on, we can be regarded as a family. It doesn’t matter if we don’t see anything today. You will pay more attention to Qiushui Pavilion when you have time to spare. The master is busy with government affairs. It's annoying my master."

Ma Xing was very excited when he heard that, he knelt down and kowtowed to Li Yan, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you Madam for looking down on this servant, I will definitely repay you loyally, and I will die!"

(End of this chapter)