The Stratagem of the Concubine of the Cold King

Chapter 11 Returning to the Marquis Mansion (2)
It's just that in front of the gate of such a magnificent mansion, there are two large white gauze lanterns hanging.

Three soft sedan chairs stopped in front of the mansion, and the maids carefully supported their master to get off the sedan chair. Of course, Xi Wanqing, the concubine of the Hou Mansion, was an exception. Women will be assigned two first-class maids, two second-class maids, two third-class maids, and two rough maids. It is the turn of concubines, concubines, and concubines. An envoy's mother-in-law is indispensable, and she doesn't have a first-class maid, a second-class maid, or a third-class maid to serve her. There is only one person who depends on her, and that is Lian Xin. Lian Xin walked to the sedan chair and carefully lifted her body It's the hurt Xi Wanqing.

At this time, Xiao Ru, the wife of An Guohou, and Xi Zhuyan, the only daughter of the An Guohou's mansion, came out first, followed by the second concubine Chu Qiuyu, the third lady of the Hou Mansion Xi Zhuqin, and the fourth lady Si Zhuhua. He wears white flowers on his head and a white gauze on his body.

"Master Hou, the matter of Yunjie has been verified. My poor Yunjie was always disturbed during the funeral. At such a young age..." The eldest lady looked at Xi Bojian, and spoke while wiping away her tears.

This eldest lady has only had one daughter for many years, and has no males. Not long ago, she lobbied Xi Bojian to adopt Xi Yunjie by her side. Although she didn't have much affection for Xi Yunjie, Xi Yunjie died unexpectedly. Well, she still has to deal with the pain on the surface.

Xi Bojian looked at the lady and said: "It has been verified, and now the murderer has been brought to justice."

After hearing this, the eldest lady wiped away her tears, and suddenly looked up to see Xi Wanqing beside her: "Master Hou, hasn't the murderer already been punished? Why...what."

The lady stared at Xi Wanqing like a ghost, which meant that the murderer must be Xi Wanqing.

Xi Wanqing intentionally raised the stains on her face, stared at the eldest lady and said, "Mother, the murderer was not me, it was Lianzhu, the eldest maid in the sixth younger brother's room, who killed the sixth younger brother."

"Ah, ah, ghost." Seeing Xi Wanqing's disheveled hair, ragged clothes, and bloodstains, the eldest lady screamed several times in fright.

In this era, ghosts and gods are extremely believed in. Since the eldest lady is frightened by her appearance, why don't she take the opportunity to make a fuss and see how these people react.

Xi Wanqing pretended to be ignorant: "Mother, where is the ghost? Did the ghost of the sixth brother come back to visit us?"

"Hey, where is the sixth brother's ghost? It's not here, it's not there, could it be..."

Xi Wanqing continued to look ignorant, looking around and looking around. When she was speaking, she quickly scanned everyone present with her peripheral vision.

Seeing Xi Bojian put on an old face very displeased, the eldest lady Xiao Ru is still blindly afraid, Xi Zhuyan has always been proud of her status as a prostitute, and she is extremely disdainful of Xi Wanqing's behavior, Second Aunt's expression is a little evasive, His face was also slightly blue, Xi Zhuqin didn't react too much, he stared at Xi Wanqing with a pair of eyes, while Xi Zhuhua's eyes were full of hatred.

"Such nonsense, what a shame." Xi Bojian was very dissatisfied with Xi Wanqing's nonsense and angrily reprimanded him. He knew that her good performance on the execution ground was short-lived, and it was the potential that was stimulated to save her life. .

After Xi Bojian's angry reprimand, Xi Wanqing closed her mouth cooperatively, pretending to be very scared.

"Lian Xin, why don't you hurry up and send Miss Fifth back to wash and dress up, standing in filth at the door of the Hou Mansion talking nonsense, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the Marquis." Da Furen was frightened by Xi Wanqing and was extremely annoyed.

"It's Madam, Lian Xin will help the young lady back to wash and dress up." Lian Xin was deeply afraid that her young lady would be punished again, so she quickly complied with Da Furen's words and helped her back to Ziyuexuan.

At the gate of Ziyuexuan, Xi Wanqing looked at the simple and dilapidated courtyard in front of her. This was Ziyuexuan where she lived, exactly as she remembered it.

Ziyuexuan, the courtyard is not as good as its name. The name of the courtyard was taken by the predecessor. Although the predecessor had no knowledge, no talent, no virtue, and no brains, but only this name, Xi Wanqing thinks it is a bit elegant.

An Guohou's mansion occupies a very large area, divided into front yard and back yard. The front yard is where the masters live, and the back yard is the residence of maids, mother-in-law, servants, and some sundries are piled up.

But Ziyuexuan, where Xi Wanqing lives, is a special case. It is located in the most remote place in the backyard of the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion. A circle of fences has been erected around the entire courtyard. There are no pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, only a winding path The courtyard connected to the front looks like an isolated farmyard from a distance, which is incompatible with the luxury of An Guohou Mansion.

The front courtyard of Anguohou Mansion has four courtyards in the east, south, west and north respectively. The east courtyard is the main courtyard, and the south courtyard, west courtyard and north courtyard are cross courtyards attached to the east courtyard.

The east courtyard is the courtyard where the head of the family and the mistress live. The facilities in the courtyard are the most exquisite and luxurious. The east courtyard is subdivided into two small courtyards, namely the bamboo courtyard and the peach courtyard. The bamboo courtyard is the residence of Xi Bojian. Taoyuan is the residence of the eldest lady.

The scenery in the South Cross Courtyard is the most unique, full of pavilions, small bridges, flowing water, fine willows supporting the wind, there are two small courtyards in the South Cross Courtyard, namely the Chrysanthemum Court and the Lotus Court. The Chrysanthemum Court is currently vacant, and the Lotus Court is the west The residence of smoke.

Xikuayuan and Beikuayuan are slightly inferior to Dongyuan and Nankuayuan, but Xikuayuan has a larger area, with Xingyuan and Meiyuan inside. Xingyuan is the residence of the second aunt Chu Qiuyu and the third lady Xi Zhuqin. The residence of Third Aunt Liu Shuangdie and Fourth Miss Xi Zhuhua, besides that, there are several guest houses vacant in Xikua Courtyard.

There are also two small courtyards in the Beikuanyuan, namely Liuyuan and Dongjiexuan. Liuyuan is the residence of Xi Yuntian, the eldest son of An Guohou's mansion. Dongjiexuan was originally the residence of Xiyunjie, but now it is vacant.

Lian Xin helped Xi Wanqing into the house. The display in the house was simple and clean, and the furniture was all daily necessities. The courtyard was remote and extremely quiet, which Xi Wanqing was very satisfied with.

"Miss, sit down and rest for a while, and this servant will fetch you some hot water to wash up." Lian Xin said while helping Xi Wanqing to sit down.

"En." Xi Wanqing replied simply.

After a while, Lian Xin prepared the hot water: "Miss, the hot water is ready, this servant will help you to take a bath."

Supported by Lian Xin, Xi Wanqing approached the bathtub. At this time, the tub was already steaming, and there were still some mugwort leaves floating on the water.

Lian Xin saw her lady staring at the mugwort leaf in the water, so she explained: "Miss, this mugwort leaf can not only ward off evil spirits, but also relax the meridians and activate collaterals, and eliminate bruises, which is good for your injuries."

Xi Wanqing was very moved, this little maid was very considerate.

"Okay, you go down first." Xi Wanqing was not used to having someone wait on her while taking a bath.

Lian Xin said a little worriedly: "But Miss, you have injuries."

While Xi Wanqing slowly unbuttoned her coat, she said to Lian Xin: "It's okay, I don't like having people next to me when I take a bath."

(End of this chapter)