in spring

Chapter 185
Chunying walked into the gate of the Wanxiang Hall, looking around, she felt that the scenery in the courtyard was a little different from that of the past.The embellished lake stones have already been moved to the garden, and the passage has been widened a lot. The path originally paved with small pebbles has been replaced by irregularly shaped stone slabs to form a flat road surface. They were all eradicated, and two crabapple plants in Xifu were missing, and a group of stone tables and chairs were added to the vacated ground. Fortunately, the rose bushes in the courtyard did not change, and they still deserved the name "Evening Fragrance", but it is not yet It was the season when the roses were in full bloom, so at a glance, the whole yard was lush green, and even the crabapple trees only had a few small flower buds.

Chunying couldn't help but secretly sighed that things were right and people were wrong. Fortunately, Huo Yi was not attached to this place. He never mentioned moving back in the past few years, and occasionally came in to take a look when passing by, just to remember his deceased mother. For guests staying here place, don't care at all.But Chunying thought about it carefully, and felt that this place was of little significance, it was just the place where her aunt lived before her death. For Huo Yi, maybe the main courtyard of the Nanjing house was her mother's old residence, right?

Chunying didn't sigh for a long time, so she calmed down and continued to perform her task.At this time, it was already dark, the Wanxiang Hall was brightly lit, the four doors of the main room were fully opened, maids and women came in and out, and there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid in the room, who was directing everyone to tidy up the house, spread the bedding, and put it away. Luggage, with a clear and capable voice, seems to be very skilled.

Chunying recognized her as the one who was looking at her in the old lady's courtyard, so she didn't pay much attention at the time, but she was careful when she saw this, and looked at her carefully.I saw that she was wearing a brand-new light yellow double-breasted fine cloth jacket, green lotus and plain silk armor, and a white fine flower pine skirt underneath. At first glance, it looks ordinary, but after a closer look, you can see that the materials of the clothes and the workmanship of the jewelry are quite good, and the white jade bracelet has no flaws at all.Such expensive jewelry is actually casually worn on a girl's wrist, which shows that the Fan family is not an ordinary family.

The girl inadvertently turned her head and saw Chunying standing in front of the court holding two boxes. She greeted her with a busy smile and said, "It turns out that there is a guest here, but I was negligent. Please come in quickly." In front of you, give me a blessing: "I am serving in front of the young lady, sister can just call me Lanlan, please come in and sit in the room."

Chunying returned the gift with a smile, tilted her head and thought for a while: "Diaolan? This name is unique. I wonder if there is another girl from Huadong? Or... is it called Yuzhu?" The latter name sounds better...

Diaolan smiled: "That's not true, but there is a girl called Huaping, but she is still at home and has not come to Beijing. I have heard that Miss Biao in the house is a talented woman who is familiar with poetry and books. The people here are extraordinary, and other girls will only laugh at my name for not being a girl's name, who can tell the allusion?" While speaking, he had already entered the room, and raised his voice: "Quickly brew Tea!"

Chunying hurriedly said: "No, no, I just ordered my lady to give some gifts to Miss Fan, please accept them." After saying that, she put the box on the table, but she was thinking , when we were in the old lady's courtyard, the railing clearly didn't enter the house, and I didn't report my name just now, how did the other party know that she was Huo Yi's girl?Moreover, just knowing two idioms turned out to be a proof of being "extraordinary". Should she be happy for this flattering statement?
Dialan accepted the gift with a smile, and put it in the inner room. The voice came back through the gauze curtain: "Miss Huo is too polite. Our lady is still at the table. When she comes back, I must come to thank you personally. Sister The first time we met, it was supposed to be our lady who sent gifts, but now it's the other way around, it's us who are serving people who are not doing things well, please Miss Huo don't misunderstand that our lady is not polite." She was delayed in the middle After a short period of time, he came out with a smile again: "We are really flattered that you sent such an expensive gift."

Chunying has lived in this courtyard for several months, and she is quite clear about the structure of the main house. Although it can be seen that the place has been renovated, the layout has not changed. She naturally knows that there are two big Duobaoge behind the gauze curtain. , is a place to put valuables or decorations, and the railing must have seen the contents of the gift.So she laughed and said: "It's not worth anything. Except for occasionally going to the palace to greet the empress, our lady only has contacts with the empress of Jing Wang and the eldest young mistress of the Hou Mansion and the two young ladies. Today I met Miss Fan , We hit it off right away, and we wanted to make friends, but we were afraid of being laughed at, so I ordered me to give you a gift. If these few little things can make Miss Fan smile, it will be worth our lady's heart."

Diaolan smiled happily: "I bet, Miss will like it!" After speaking, he took Chunying to the table and sat down to talk, as if he wanted to find out the intention of those gifts.

Chunying heard it, and didn't bother her, just said that it was the young lady's order: Master Fan's handwriting is good, and Miss Fan's family background must be not bad. The peony symbolizes wealth and honor, which is most suitable for Miss Fan's status, while white jade is suitable for a gentleman; the copper ruler is because the queen likes to use silver rulers, copper rulers, and ivory rulers to reward her wives, and the queen is the most respectful of rules, especially Emphasis on "Female Virtue", the lady thought that Miss Fan had been familiar with this book early on, and the queen would naturally like it, so she sent the one she made at home.

Diao Lan comprehended, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "I don't know what to say, I will never forget this kindness! Miss will definitely not let Miss Huo's good intentions go."

Chunying hurriedly stopped her: "Come on, I'm just following orders. If you want to thank me, I'm not the rightful owner!" Besides, Diaolan is not the rightful owner.

Thinking of this, Diaolan also smiled, pulled Chunying to sit down again, and chatted, besides gossiping about family affairs, he also revealed a lot of information about the Fan family.

It turned out that the one who sent Miss Fan to Beijing this time was her father's youngest brother. Although he was raised under the name of Mrs. Fan and had a very good relationship with her brothers and sisters, he was really a bastard who couldn't study well. With fame and fame, he is usually responsible for managing the family property.Miss Fan's father was promoted to the chief minister of Fujian last year, and the second uncle, who was a direct relative, was appointed as the secretary of shipping in Ningbo after the next year. she comes.There were three or forty male and female servants who followed, and they went north along the canal, and they were full of three large ships, but after all, they were traveling far away, so it is better to pay attention to them at home. Cui is currently serving at the table.

As for Miss Fan, she has always had a lively personality, and she loves to laugh the most, but she is also too down-to-earth. How to do it?Maybe he offended someone on the first day!

Chunying listened to Diaolan's complaints with a smile, but felt a little disapproving.Ms. Fan, is that called "too solid eyes"?Why does she look like a very thoughtful girl?And Dialan only knows himself, so if he just said that, wouldn't it be too "solid-eyed"?Or did she actually want to use herself to pass on the words to Huo Yi?Thinking of the old lady mentioning that Huo Yi could often see the empress, her heart moved, and suddenly the Fan family was hinting that the palace should not choose Miss Fan!

If you don't want to be selected, why do you want to run?It's not the Qing Dynasty now, the daughters of officials and eunuchs are generally not required to run for election, let alone those with relatives or elders who are concubines or family members.Huo Yi, Li Yijun, and Li Xijun sisters were able to sit at home so calmly because of this.Now that you're here, you don't want to be selected. Is it just to make a good marriage?Then there is no need to participate in the draft!With the name of the Fan family, just discuss marriage directly!
Doubting the other party's intentions, Chunying didn't say anything accurate, just chatted with Diaolan on female reds, flowers and plants, the weather and other topics. Seeing that the time was almost up, she was about to get up to leave when she heard A little girl came to report outside: "The Qing Ning girl next to the young mistress is here."

Qing Ning is the eldest girl next to the eldest grandmother Jing, she was promoted a few years ago, and it is said that she is the daughter of the embroiderer in the embroidery workshop.Chunying often went with Huo Yi to the Jing family as a guest, so naturally she recognized her.This seventeen or eighteen-year-old young girl has a very rare calm temperament. Her appearance is clear and light, her expression is light and her words are clear, her whole person feels light, and she is easy to be ignored. Ying has been with her a lot, only to realize that she is calm, calm in situations, and like everyone else. It's a pity that she became a girl, otherwise she is absolutely qualified to be a young mistress of a wealthy family.

Qing Ning walked in wearing a signature bean green sarong, and when she saw Chun Ying, she didn't show any surprise, but just nodded lightly: "You're here too?" Chun Ying greeted her with a smile, and she signaled to follow The little girl behind her put a box and a few materials on the table: "The eldest young mistress thinks that Miss Fan has just arrived, and there must be many things that she is not used to. These are some rouge, gouache, hair oil, etc. that my family brought from Shandong. There are also some light and soft materials, which are prepared for sewing clothes after summer. Miss Fan will use them first, and if they are not enough, then tell our grandma."

The railing hesitated.She had heard about the eldest young master of the Hou Mansion, the husband of the young mistress, who was the son of the confidante of the Hou's confidante when her aunt was alive. Thinking of the aunt's death, she might have something to do with it. Joking with each other as if nothing happened, but in the Fan family, almost everyone disliked this "Master Cousin".The other party's wife suddenly came to give a gift, and the lady is not here, should she accept it?

Chun Ying noticed that there was some hesitation on Diao Lan's face, and after thinking about it, she understood a little bit, and didn't want to be involved, so she hurriedly said: "It's getting late, I'm afraid the banquet outside is over, I have to go back to serve the lady , let’s say goodbye.”

Qing Ning nodded slightly at her, she was blessed and was about to go out, Dialan hurriedly opened her mouth to keep her, but before she could, there was already noise from the yard outside, and Miss Fan came back.

She walked into the room cheerfully, and seeing Chunying Qingning present, she exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this Sister Qingning and Sister Chunying? Why are you here?"

Diaolan hurriedly stepped forward to explain the reason, Qing Ning remained silent, but Chunying was secretly surprised.How did Miss Fan know her name?You can also ask people about Dialan, but Miss Fan has no reason to do so. If you said that you were in the old lady's room just now, and Huo Yi had called yourself, Miss Fan who was joking with Second Miss at that time might have I heard, but Qing Ning never appeared in that room from the beginning to the end, and Miss Fan recognized her at a glance, why? !

After listening to Diaolan's words, Ms. Fan happily thanked them, expressed her gratitude, and said that she must come to thank them tomorrow.Chunying pushed to leave, but Miss Fan reluctantly took her hand and said that she would come to play when she was free.

But today's Chunying is no longer so easy to believe. Whether this Miss Fan is honest or has a heart, and what the Diaolan girl's words mean, she has to be careful, so as not to get caught.But these actually have nothing to do with her, as long as she does her part well, as long as she doesn't offend her, she won't bother to care about their intentions!
(End of this chapter)