Chapter 12 Goodbye to the mother
The carriage stopped at the main gate of the lieutenant's mansion. The afterglow in the evening reflected the plaque at the main gate as bright as gold. Qin Yu warmly raised her eyebrows and swept her eyes across the vermilion courtyard wall. This is the place where she stayed for more than ten years and the last place to bury her simple dreams. Zeng Jin, she has been here several times in spring and summer. But I couldn't figure out my ending. When I came back, my heart was full of mixed feelings.
But when Qin Yunuan saw her mother Dou Qing'e waiting in the courtyard, all her emotions instantly closed, and all her feelings were hidden after her plain and gentle "Yu Nuan met her mother".
Dou Qing'e's bright eyes and teeth, and there was a sense of dignified elegance in the gently bent willow eyebrows, and her forehead was also decorated with jade. Obviously, she was already a woman of more than 30 years old, but there were no wrinkles in the corners of her eyes, but when Qin Yunzhuang stepped on the carriage, the graceful and virtuous beauty on Dou Qing'e's face was swept away.
"Cloud makeup, cloud makeup, my good daughter, what's wrong?" Dou Qing'e shouted and held Qin Yun's veiled little face. When she carefully looked at the three blood stains under the white veil, her heart was dripping blood. Since the birth of this daughter, she had never beaten or scolded. She looked everywhere for the best recipe to nourish her body and moisten her appearance. Her daughter will marry the dragon in the future.
"It doesn't matter," Qin Yunzhuang lowered his eyes. "The imperial doctor said that it won't leave scars."
Dou Qing'e looked at Qin Yunuan in a blink of an eye, as if she wanted to sprinkle all her anger on Qin Yu Nuan, but she saw that Qin Yunuan's eyes turned red and said timidly, "It's all my fault. When the white cat rushed over at the beginning, if I woke up a little and found that I had blocked it for my sister, I won't let my sister get scratched."
"White cat?" Dou Qing'e asked a rhetorical question.
"Um," Qin Yunuan was honest. "It's the poem raised by the Empress. I'm afraid that because of the spring came, the cats were in love and scratching people. Shangguan's sister hugged the poem, and Shishi suddenly grabbed people as if she wanted to be stimulated."
"Girl from Shangguan?" Dou Qing'e's expression changed again. She turned her head and only asked Qin Yun makeup, "Is what your third sister said true?"
Qin Yunzhuang thought that her mother would regard Shangguanyi as the culprit, but she thought that her relationship with Shangguanyi had finally been deadlocked and did not care much. She nodded as if she had recognized it.
Gui's mother, the wet nurse next to Qin Yun's makeup, suddenly stopped talking when she saw Dou Qing'e's eyebrows and suddenly stopped talking. She thought she was blaming her girl. She was eager to protect her and hurriedly tried to explain, "Yes, the maidservant later heard from the eldest girl. At the beginning, she said not to hug the Persian cat, but the Shangguan girl had to hand it to her. It's not easy to refute other people's face..."
"Oi, it's noisy. It's not easy to coax the big girl when she is injured like this. What's the use of chewing her tongue?" Dou Qing'e drank a coldly. Now Qin Zhi, the master of the Qin family, is accompanying the eldest prince Sima Ruonan. Dou Qing'e is in charge of the family alone, and she has a lot of confidence.
After losing her temper, Dou Qing'e only looked at Qin Yunuan. When she saw her quietly serving, she couldn't find anything wrong. She only pulled Qin Yun's makeup sadly and said, "Go back first. I'm afraid it won't be breathable after the veil has been covered for a long time." She knew that this daughter's character showed such an ugly scar in front of outsiders, which was a big taboo for Qin Yun's makeup.
Dou Qing'e looked at Qin Yunuan sideways. Qin Yunuan immediately saluted knowingly, "Yu Nuan also retreated first."
Qin Yunzhuang lived in the Caizhi Courtyard facing south, and it was only half a pillar of incense to walk. What's more, Dou Qing'e was considerate that Qin Yunzhuang came back from injury today, and specially prepared a soft sedan chair with a green gabled and sent Dou Qing'e mother and daughter back. Qin Yunuan was relieved.
"Three girls, let's go back. It's windy at night." After all, Liao's mother still loves Qin Yunuan.
Back to the backseat room where Qin Yunuan lived, the fragrance of porridge in the maid's room next door was still lingering. Even a maid could cook porridge with the rest of the rice when she was hungry at night, but Qin Yunuan's nest had to look at people's eyes.
The yard was empty, and only the green tiles reflected the silver moonlight, making the whole yard lonely and deep. Dimly, I only saw a person leaning against the door of the yard, as if waiting for Qin Yu's warm return.
"The third girl is back, the third girl is back, the second young master, come out quickly, come out quickly."
This is Tong'er's voice, a solid and pleasing maid.
Qin Yu warmed the door, but was held by Qin Baochuan, who was half in a bun. Maybe the little guy disbanded his hair and was ready to nest in the quilt to warm up, and was led out by Tong'er's shout.
"Sister, you're back," Qin Baochuan's cheeks were still pink and two blushes, and his eyes were as black as grapes, quite aura. He grabbed Qin Yunuan's hand and refused to put them down. "Sister, Aunt Liu came at night."
"What is she doing here?" Qin Yunuan became alert.
"I don't know. My aunt wandered around the yard a few times, said some miscellaneous words, and then left." Copper replied.
Just a few times? Qin Yunuan snorted coldly in her heart, afraid that the matter was not so simple.
Aunt Liu was originally the son of the captain's mansion, and later became the eldest maid of Qin. When Qin Zhi was crowned, she naturally became an aunt. Relying that she was an old man in the captain's mansion, she usually acted quite flamboyantly, but she also won the favor of Qin with a sweet mouth, so that the mistress Dou Qing'e could not make mistakes. The relationship between the two is to muddle along.
Coaxed Qin Baochuan to sleep, but Qin Yunuan was still worried. She gently opened the door and happened to see Copper bring a basin of hot water in.
"Three girls, the second young master?" This hot water was originally intended to wipe the body for the second young master. Qin Yunuan is no better than Qin Yun's makeup Caizhi Courtyard. She has all kinds of bath water and pancreas. In winter, she can only quietly burn some hot water to wipe her body with an iron pot.
"I fell asleep," Qin Yunuan gently closed the door. "He is not sweating today, so he doesn't have to wipe his body. Tonger, come in with me."
Entering a dark room next door, Qin Yunuan was also too lazy to turn on the lamp. The lamp oil was so expensive that she couldn't afford it.
"After Zi Shi, you and Man'er will go to search all the places that Aunt Liu has visited." Qin Yunuan's face was calm, twisted her veil and wiped her face. The heat on her face made her face rosy.
"Three girls." Tong'er was obviously a little surprised. When she thought about it, she understood. She covered her mouth and was a little shocked. The third girl is afraid of..."
Qin Yunuan only replied, "It's always good to be careful. Today, I have some limelight in the palace. I don't know who will remember me. In the future, everyone in our yard will have to be more careful."
Tong'er is a solid-hearted person. She can do whatever her girl says.
This night, Qin Yunuan lay on the board** early, but she was very conscious. She remembered clearly that in her previous life, the day after she came back from the palace, Aunt Liu said that she had dropped a white jade hairpin, which made the whole lieutenant's mansion search with her. Although Dou Qing'e was not happy, it was because of Aunt Liu's mouth. She said that the white jade hairpin was given to her by the master when he took her as a concubine. She cherished it very much, and Dou Qing'e couldn't say anything, but only allowed Aunt Liu to make trouble in the lieutenant's mansion.
In the end, it turned out that Qin Yunuan found this hairpin in this dilapidated yard. At that time, Qin Yunuan had just come back from 80 boards in the palace. Aunt Liu actually pushed all the sins to Baochuan, hit 20 sticks in Baochuan, and blew the pillow wind in front of her father, making Baochuan in Qin's mind. The impression is even more plummeting.
The next day, the first ray of the first sun shone into the window lattice, and it was already noisy outside.
"Three girls, three girls, there are a lot of people outside, noisy, and I don't know what to do." The little girl in the porter rushed into Qin Yu's greenhouse. The little girl was rewarded by Dou Qing'e a while ago. I heard that she made a mistake when serving tea in Qin Yun's makeup room. In the final analysis, she was still from the mother's side.
"What's the noise," Man'er raised her eyebrows and shouted, "I think you're a noisy person." This little girl is not only unfavorable, but also always sneaky and always doesn't like it.
The little girl closed her voice and retreated with an aggrieved look.
Man'er was ready to continue to comb Qin Yunuan's hair, but she happened to be shocked by Qin Yunuan's long and deep eyes, "It was the maidservant who suddenly. The little girl always liked to eavesdrop on the door and was found by the maidservant several times. The maidservant was also impultive and said heavy words..." As he spoke, he was about to kneel down.
"Get up," Qin Yunuan quickly pulled up and got up. "What did I say about you? I just didn't find it in the past. You are a careful and thoughtful person." Tong'er is honest and meticulous, which he didn't notice in the past.
"The three girls are joking." Man'er looked a little embarrassed.
"I won't see the wrong person," Qin Yunuan said with a smile. "In the future, you have to worry more about things in my yard. Those who can work harder. It's time for you to work hard."
This made her heart sigh again. Everyone said that there was a lot of oil and water in the lady's yard, and the eldest girl was rewarded with boldness, but it was no better than the purity and human kindness in the yard. Now that the third girl said this again, her heart was warmer.
Man'er tied a refreshing and simple hanging bun for Qin Yunuan, and put on two pale pink silk flowers, lining the long green skirt on her body became more and more elegant.
"Beautiful," as soon as Liao's mother came in, she felt that her eyes lit up. "clear and elegant, like a little girl," she lowered her voice and said, "It's not like the second girl. She dresses beautifully every day, and she learned it from Aunt Liu."
"Come on, search for me." There was a sharp female voice in the yard. It was really Cao Cao. Aunt Liu was dressed in a gorgeous red skirt, her head was covered with gold and silver jewelry, and she looked like a miser of a merchant's miser.
As soon as Aunt Liu opened her mouth, the 20 maids under her were scattered and ready to search thoroughly. And two of them went directly to the backyard for a very clear purpose.
"It's so lively." At this time, Qin Yunuan came out leaning against the door frame, with bright eyes and teeth. She looked more and more beautiful in the warm sunshine, as if a bright color rushed into her eyes. The maid's mother's eyes also raised, "Aunt Liu is so interested. Did she come to Yu Nuan to visit the garden in the morning? This morning, I heard from Liao's mother that Jianzhou's cousin was coming, and I thought the whole family should be busy entertaining his cousin.