Chapter 216 Serial Trap 1

In the bamboo garden, Xia Mengning sat on the couch and drew embroidery with Jiuer's head. Zhulian lifted the curtain and walked in with a smile, "Miss, the steward room sent some newly opened Bauhinia flowers. It's very beautiful. Come out and have a look."

Xia Mengning was moved by Zhulian's words and went out of the room with Jiu'er. There was a row of bauhinia flowers in the garden, and the dark purple and light purple reflected each other, which was really beautiful.

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "It's really the season of warm spring and blooming flowers. This bauhinia blooms beautifully."

Jiu'er nodded and smiled, "Yes, Miss, I look at this Bauhinia more beautiful than in previous years."

Xia Mengning smiled, walked over and touched the small purple petals, and said, "Don't Zhang Qingyu, first grit the purple gold sand. This is the poem made by the ancients who loved the Bauhinia."

Jiu'er blinked her eyes and said, "Miss's mouth is a chapter. The maidservant can't understand it. The maidservant can only read it, and the beautiful maidservant looks happy."

Xia Mengning smiled, reached out and tapped Jiu'er's forehead and said, "This Bauhinia flower is extraordinary, elegant and pleasant, not grandstanding, nor shabby and ordinary. I love her delicacy and elegance the most, and sometimes it's the same when I think about being a person."

Jiu'er stood aside and listened and said, "This little flower can see so much philosophy. Miss is really awesome."

Xia Mengning squatted down, sniffed on the Bauhinia flower, squeezed her lips and smiled, "It smells so good."

not far away, a girl in a maid's suit was lowering her head and picking up something. Xia Mengning saw it and was a little confused. Jiu'er saw it and hurriedly shouted, "Hey, who's there?"

The girl looked up and saw Xia Mengning's master and servant. She hurriedly walked to the two of them in a few steps and bent down and walked a thousand blessings. "The maidservant Liushuang, I have seen Miss Three."

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "You are the girl who looked for the bag last time. I still remember you."

Liu Shuang hurriedly bowed his head, "It's a maidservant. Thank you for your miss."

Xia Mengning looked at the bag tightly held in her hand and said, "What are you picking up with the cloth bag?"

Liu Shuang heard this, and his face turned a little red. He hesitated for a while before knelt down and said, "Miss, forgive me, miss."

Xia Mengning said, "It doesn't matter. Just say anything."

Liu Shuang looked up at Xia Mengning timidly and said, "I looked at the petals of the bauhinia falling all over the ground, thinking of picking them up and drying them so that I could make a pillow for my mother."

Hearing this, Jiu'er wondered, "Can Bauhinia petals be used as pillows?"

Xia Mengning smiled, took a few steps forward to stop in front of the Bauhinia flower, took a petal and put it in the palm of her hand, and said, "You don't know that the Bauhinia flower can not only be used for viewing and enjoyment, but also can also be used as medicine. It has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, removing wind and detoxifying. This dried bauhinia flower can be put into the pillow to calm down, and also It can treat rheumatism.

Jiu'er listened carefully. Xia Mengning finished speaking, but she smiled at Liu Shuang and said, "It's hard for you to be a filial piety. It's a pity to throw away the petals in the yard. You can pick them up."

Liu Shuang listened and hurriedly thanked her. She picked up the petals everywhere with a cloth bag. Jiu'er looked at the back and said with a smile, "Miss, I didn't seem to say it from the bottom of my heart when I looked at this girl."

Xia Mengning nodded. Seeing that Liu Shuang had gone far away, she smiled and said, "You can see that it means that there is progress."

The two went back to the room, and Jiu'er took hot tea. Xia Mengning looked into the garden through the window screen. Seeing that Liu Shuang was still bending down to collect petals, she couldn't help smiling, "Our bamboo garden is always remembered. This is something I can't prevent."

Jiu'er hurriedly said, "Miss, if you don't want to, you can kick her out. It's not good for me to look at her. Her name is very charming. She's not a good person."

Xia Mengning nodded and asked, "Why do you think she is not good?"

Jiu'er smiled and said, "This girl pretended at first glance. When it's not easy to pick it up, but she picked it up when we went out. She also pretended that it was to make a pillow for her own mother. If she was an ordinary girl, how dare she say it so full? Besides, even if what she said is true, the maidservant doesn't feel good. After all, it must be fake for this man to talk to others about how to be pitiful and how to do filial piety. At least, the maidservant can't do it.

Xia Mengning nodded approvingly, "When did this frost come into our garden?"

Jiu'er blinked her eyes and thought, "I remember... It seems that I was in our house last month."

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "Look, we have been remembered early."

Jiu'er hurriedly said, "Miss, if you don't like her, let's find a reason to kick her out, so that you don't get upset."

Xia Mengning took a sip of tea and shook her head and said, "How can it? This man tried his best to dig a hole for us and wait for us to jump. We can't observe it well. How can we be worthy of their intentions?"

With that, Xia Mengning waved to Jiu'er and whispered a few words in Jiu'er's ear.

At night, Xia Mengning had dinner in Meifang Garden, and then she and Jiu'er were ready to go back to Zhuzhi Garden to sleep. When they were passing by the garden, Xia Mengning hurriedly stretched out her hand to her lips and motioned Jiu'er to silence.

The two stood still and saw that there seemed to be something in the grass, shaking irregularly. Jiu'er looked at Xia Mengning and didn't know what to do. Xia Mengning shook her head, took Jiu'er's hand and walked forward, hiding behind a big tree next to the grass.

The gentle breeze at night was gentle and moist, blowing on people's faces like a mother's warm and soft hand. Jiu'er and Xia Mengning stood behind the big tree. Just as Jiu'er was about to fall asleep, the grass moved, and then the two people came out of the grass.

Xia Mengning narrowed her eyes. This person turned out to be Cai Wei. What did she do here for? Who was that man?

At this moment, Cai Wei stretched out her hand and tied a button around her neck, and her little hand stroked the man's chest. "Chen Lang, why don't we run away?"

Chen Lang was the man who supported Cai Wei in the cold garden that day. He was a nurse of the Prime Minister's mansion.

The man was stunned and touched Cai Wei's face sadly and said, "Cai Wei, I also want to take you away, but where can we go?"

Cai Wei lowered her head and bit her lip. Suddenly, she raised her head and said, "Chen Lang, I'm going to find silver. Can you wait for me?"

The two had another conversation, and then they separated reluctantly. After they left, Xia Mengning and Jiu'er came out from the big tree. Jiu'er said, "Miss, it seems that Cai Wei is stealing people behind the young master's back. Shall we go to snitch?"

Xia Mengning smiled, and the night wind blew up her hair. Her jade-like face was a clear color. "If Xia Zhihan knew it so easily, wouldn't it be interesting? Let's take the opportunity to design it, so as to give Xia Zhihan a 'surprise'."

With that, Xia Mengning said, "Go back."

The next day, when Xia Mengning finished lunch, she rewarded the unused eight-treasure duck to Liu Shuang.

Liu Shuang is eating with everyone in the room. The people are eating in the designated room. Except for the close girl next to the master, the other maids and servants are eating together.

This meal is also a large pot of rice made in the kitchen. In addition to Jiu'er and Zhulian, there are two sweeping maids and two maids who make sundries in Zhuzhiyuan. There are also two other servants who run errands. Zhulian and Jiu'er usually serve Xia Mengning's rice. When it's time to dinner, only these six people eat together.

Today's meal is still one meat and one vegetarian, but there are only two plates each. In addition, there are two large bowls of seaweed, egg and lean meat soup. The staple food is rice or steamed buns every day.

At lunchtime, several people went to the room and sat down to eat. Liu Shuang was serving a bowl of rice for himself when he saw that the curtain of the room was lifted up, and Jiu'er came in with a food box.

The people who eat here are all servants of Zhuzhiyuan. Jiu'er is Xia Mengning's personal girl, and naturally she is more respected.

When everyone saw Jiu'er, they hurriedly stood up and put down the bowls and chopsticks. Jiu'er smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm just ordered by the young lady to add dishes for you today."

Everyone's face was full of joy, but the frost stood faintly at the other end of the table. Although the face was happy, the happiness had never reached the bottom of the eyes.

Jiu'er looked quietly. She opened the food box and took out a sauce braised quail from it. The color on the quail was eye-catching. Everyone unconsciously swallowed saliva. Jiu'er smiled and brought a Sichuan duck palm from the food box and said, "Miss San said that everyone has been tired recently, so she took out their own pockets. Let the kitchen cook these dishes. Let's eat some.

Everyone is very happy. After all, these dishes are not what they can afford. Each plate costs about a few taels of silver, but now that Jiu'er is still here, everyone dares not make it. They just look at it and don't take chopsticks.

Jiu'er smiled and said, "Miss appreciates Liushuang very much. She said that she works hard and cleverly, so she especially rewarded Miss Liushuang with an eight-treasure duck."

With that, he brought a plate of ducks out of the food box and handed it to Liu Shuang.

Several servants looked at Liu Shuang. Liu Shuang really had a smile. Thank you very much, Jiu'er, and picked up the dishes in everyone's envious eyes.

Jiu'er smiled and said, "I'm afraid that if I'm here, you won't have a good time eating. That's okay, I'll go first."

Everyone stood up again and saw Jiu'er off with their eyes. Seeing Jiu'er walking out of the room, they sat down.

Liu Shuang sat at the end and ate the duck in front of him happily. The rest of the people looked at her with jealousy and disdain.

A girl in a green maid's suit said, "Oh, Sister Liushuang is usually quiet. This flattery is really awesome. She flattered the young lady quietly and specially rewarded a dish."

The talking girl called Liu Yan, and the other two girl Liu Ru Cui entered the prime minister's mansion with Liu Shuang. The name was also given by the woman's scholarly son. She said that it didn't sound conventional, like a name with connotation.

Liu Shuang didn't care about Liu Yan's words. He just ate by himself. Liu Ru and Liu Cui were honest people and didn't say anything when they saw the situation. He just lowered his head and ate the food in front of him. Liu Shuang finished a bowl of rice, clamped the two duck legs into Liu Ru and Liu Cui's bowls respectively. He smiled and said, "I can't finish it alone. You can eat it too."

Liu Ru and Liu Cui thanked him, but Liu Yan looked indignant. He pulled the stewed quail into his bowl and said, "You are blessed to eat duck legs. We don't have this blessing."