Chapter 529: Zhang Mingde's Little Abacus
Chapter 529
The night is hazy, dotted with starlight, like a pearl dotted on the night sky, reflecting the entire exquisite pavilion like a fairyland.
Several graceful girls in colorful skirts, stepping on light dance steps, performed newly rehearsed songs and dances on the glazed stage on the lake not far away, and from time to time a bend and jump, which can always attract the attention of Xiao Yixuan, who is sitting and drinking with the fourth master.
It's just that I don't know if this newly invited Xixi is trying to maintain his noble image, and every time he looks at it, his eyes always look a little sneaky, as if he is a thief.
"Shi Yu, you and I are like each other at first sight, and we should drink this cup to the fullest. And the fourth master, who was sitting opposite Xiao Yixuan, didn't seem to see his sneaky little eyes, smiled lightly, held a wine glass, and said loudly.
Xiao Yixuan withdrew some uncontrollable eyes, got up with excitement and said, "The prince loves him, Shi Yi is really ashamed." ”
"It doesn't have to be that way.
There are no outsiders here, so we don't need to be so formal. The fourth master smiled and waved his hand, motioning for Shi Yu to sit down and speak.
After the dance, the fourth master sent Su Peisheng to give a silver reward, and sent the dancing girl down, talking and laughing with Xiao Yixuan, talking about the past and the present, although there was no singing and dancing, and there was no beautiful maid on the side, but the atmosphere was also good, just when the fourth master was going to talk about the newly emerging Western missionaries in Beijing, a somewhat abrupt female voice came in from outside the Linglong Pavilion.
The voice of the person who came was as pleasant as a warbler's cry, and Rao is the fourth master, a man who doesn't value women, couldn't help but feel a little curious.
In the Prince's Palace, there is a clear distinction between inside and outside.
In this huge front yard, only a few old and decrepit palace maids are waiting for him, although he has not seen it, but if he wants to come to such a warbler voice, it will never be an old palace maid can make it, not to mention that everyone in the mansion knows that he, the male host, is here to serve wine to the newly invited west seat in the house, except for those women who are bold, conceited and beautiful, and who are bent on climbing the dragon and the phoenix will make such a reckless move.
The fourth master didn't think that those palace maids who did their duty and did the washing and washing work would break into here, so he was curious, and he was quickly suppressed by shame, and he couldn't wait to let people drag the noisy woman outside the door away and sell it immediately.
"Let's see, who is so unruly!" The fourth master, who was impatient to the extreme, looked at Su Peisheng who was standing with his head bowed coldly, and commanded in a deep voice.
Su Peisheng didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly answered the sound and came to the incident point.
At the door of Linglong Pavilion, two little eunuchs wearing blue eunuch robes were originally trying to persuade people in a low voice with a look of embarrassment, but they didn't dare to do anything to this woman who rushed straight into Linglong Pavilion, so as soon as they saw Su Peisheng come out, they immediately surrounded him as if they had seen a savior, chattering about what happened.
"Say it one by one!" Su Peisheng recognized the person at a glance, it was the tassel that caused a mess in the mansion a few days ago, so naturally he didn't give her a good look, and just glanced at it and focused on the little eunuch who was struggling to talk about what happened.
Of course, the tone is not very good.
Seeing that Su Peisheng's face was black, the two little eunuchs didn't dare to make another time, the two of you pushed me, I will give you back, the little eunuch A, who was not very lucky, was named by Su Peisheng to speak, and the little eunuch A, who wanted to cry without tears, glanced at the companion little eunuch standing opposite, cried and mourned, and told everything that happened just now.
It turned out that the singing and dancing on the lake had just stopped, and the two little eunuchs were busy opening the sedan curtains for these dancing girls who were too beautiful to be human.
Of course, this is not a dereliction of duty on the part of the two of them.
After all, the sedan chair used by the dancers to enter and leave the mansion in front of me is similar to the sedan chair that suddenly appeared, whether it is the shape, size, or color, and the candlelight at the door is not bright, I really can't see any difference, and more than a dozen dancers are pouring out, who can notice whether this sedan chair is the dancer's ride!
Still, they quickly discovered the problem.
Because the woman who came down from the sedan chair, although her appearance was delicate and lovely, she was also a rare beauty embryo, but her clothes were completely different from these dancing girls, so the two of them didn't care about being courteous in front of those dancing girls who were not as beautiful as people, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop the beauty who was about to walk to the door of Linglong Pavilion.
Although they found it in time and stopped it decisively, this beauty had already walked to a position less than three meters away from the door, and when night fell, this mansion was very quiet everywhere, so the woman's unconvinced argument naturally reached the ears of the fourth master.
The person who came was not someone else, it was Qu Yao, who had been dressed up by Liuli's skillful hands, the ignorant girl from modern times who had just passed her eighteenth birthday.
After listening to the words of the little eunuch A, Su Peisheng's face darkened suddenly, and he twisted his eyebrows and asked Qu Yao: "Do you know that the master is feasting on the newly invited Xixi in the mansion inside? What kind of thing are you, you dare to break in so unruly!"
Before, Qu Yao, who had been pestering the two little eunuchs arguing, saw this, unhurriedly carried the delicate food box she was holding with her robe in front of her, and deliberately raised it in front of Su Peisheng's eyes, with an indifferent expression of "I just do what I was told", and said lightly: "Father-in-law Su, what you said is more serious!"
I don't know the rules, I'm just following the orders of our side Fujin to send a few snacks to our master!"
has been by the side of the fourth master for so many years, the palace maid who wants to climb the bed, the little show girl who climbs the dragon and the phoenix, Su Peisheng has seen not a hundred, but there are always eighty, but it is the first time he has seen such a bold statement, so without waiting for Qu Yao to finish speaking, he unconsciously sneered, even so, Su Peisheng, who was used to seeing big scenes, did not have to refute her face in front of these two little eunuchs, only learned Qu Yao's appearance, glanced at the food box lightly, and said unhurriedly: "Huh......
I don't know where this girl is on an errand, why do I look at her like this?" After speaking, he also looked like he was on business, stretched out his hand, and asked Qu Yao to show the identity tag carried by each servant who was on an errand in the house.
"I am following Li Fangfujin, how can Gonggong Su be such a noble person and forget things, I only saw it a few days ago, this is not knowing the slave family. As he spoke, Qu Yao also threw Su Peisheng a complaining little look, which made Su Peisheng shiver, and then he smiled and threw a delicate green jade carved brand into Su Peisheng's hand.
This famous brand is definitely a serious genuine product, it was specially prepared by the Li family yesterday for the housekeeper, and deliberately gave her a new name - Mengdie, as if she deliberately wanted to cover up what she had done before, but in fact she just wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of the Wulanala clan.
Of course, Qu Yao didn't want to know anything about this detail, she just had something that could prove her identity, no matter who got it, no matter what the name plate of this green jade symbolized, she knew that Li said that with this name brand, she could go to the side of the fourth master smoothly.
Sure enough, as Li said to her, after Su Peisheng saw the jade plate, although the corners of his eyes twitched, and his face was not good-looking, he still sent away the two little eunuchs who had been blocking her from entering the door, pursed his lips, and greeted "Follow me in", and then took the lead in turning around and entering the Linglong Pavilion.
Linglong Pavilion is a bright hall with five rooms, it is a place where the fourth master entertains his subordinates to stay for dinner on weekdays, the layout is simple and elegant, but it is not shabby, especially the one facing the door is beautifully carved. The exquisitely designed hollow openwork bluestone Hanshan picture of the huge screen, which is a rare good rosewood, Rao is Qu Yao, an uninformed little woman who saw this screen the size of a wall, couldn't help drooling a little, and said secretly: Even the fourth master, who has always been diligent and thrifty, has lived so exquisitely, no wonder those brainless women want to travel to soak in the elder brother.
It's just that when she was slandering, she forgot her position in the minds of others, and she was also a brain-dead girl who climbed the dragon and attached the phoenix, and wanted to achieve her ambition and turn the sparrow into a phoenix.
is not only a brainless girl, but also a member of the crossing army, so her slightly mocking voice is really scolding herself.
Qu Yao complained in her heart about those brain-dead girls she looked down on, and at the same time, following Su Peisheng's footsteps, she came to the fourth master in an orderly manner, and asked An Dao very respectfully: "Slave Mengdie, see the master, I have seen Mr. Xiao." ”
"En!" The fourth master, who was not in a very good mood, glanced at Qu Yao and deliberately knelt very exquisitely, and had no other thoughts, only responded lightly, and then stopped speaking, this is not that the fourth master really wanted to toss a weak woman to put on a shelf, but he was really not interested in this kind of woman sent to him, and he didn't even bother to give it a look.
Fortunately, Qu Yao has been in a good mood in the past few days, and he has also suffered some hardships under Chang Mama's hands, hiding those little prides in his heart, and in order to show her deferential side to the fourth master, he didn't do the stupid thing of flipping the table on the spot, even if he was treated so coldly by Si'er, he bowed his head respectfully, stared at the square brick in front of his toes, and held the food box above his head with both hands like a treasure, and said respectfully: " When the master heard that the master was feasting in the front yard, he was worried that the master would get drunk, and he was worried that the master would not be used to eating the dishes brought in from outside, so he specially asked the kitchen to prepare some side dishes and decanting soup for wine. ”
"Su Peisheng ......" Because Qu Yao kept his head down, the fourth master didn't recognize that this person was the idiot who dared to disobey and get along with the Wulanala clan, and she behaved very deferentially and politely, even if the fourth master was displeased, he just felt that the Li family was okay to jump in front of him to brush the sense of existence, but it was not specifically aimed at Qu Yao, so he waved his hand and greeted Su Peisheng, and let Su Peisheng take the food box into his hand, and then turned his head to Qu Yao and said, " Okay, the things will be delivered, your master's kindness, the master also knows, you go down!"
After speaking, he motioned to Zhang Mingde, who was holding a pot of wine on the side, to step forward and send Qu Yao out.
Qu Yao was unwilling to show up in front of the fourth master and leave, but when she thought of having Xiao Yixuan by her side, she really couldn't make a flattering move in front of outsiders, so she could only follow Zhang Mingde and leave Linglong Pavilion with a low body.
Just when Qu Yao thought that all this was the Li family's intention to play tricks on her, Zhang Mingde, who had never said a word and sent her out, stopped her, "Girl, please stay!"
"What's the matter?" Qu Yao, who was depressed and depressed, glanced at Zhang Mingde and asked in a low voice.
The slave Zhang Mingde had seen the girl and asked the girl to borrow a step to speak. And Zhang Mingde, who was still looking at him just now, seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, blinked his small eyes, and said in a sly manner.
Seeing such a cheap Zhang Mingde, Qu Yao forgot for a moment that the other party was a eunuch, and a pair of Qianqianyu hands coated with Kodan unconsciously grabbed the gilt hollow buckle on the neckline, took a step back slightly, and shouted in a low voice: "What do you want to do?"
"Don't get me wrong, girl, the slave just obeyed Li Fangfujin's orders and wanted to help the girl. Seeing Qu Yao's reaction like this, Zhang Mingde didn't know how to react, the expression on his face was tangled, and he took two deep breaths before suppressing the urge to laugh and whispered.
"Oh?"
When Qu Yao heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and exclaimed, but soon he seemed to remember something, the expression on his face eased a lot, and he even stuffed a jade bracelet with ice flowers on his wrist into Zhang Mingde's hand, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, please don't dislike your father-in-law." ”
"The girl is too polite!" Zhang Mingde said politely, but his subordinates were not polite at all, Ma Li took the thing happily and stuffed it directly into the sleeve, but the smile on his face was more sincere, "Please also ask the girl to be wronged and go to the enclosure with the slave to change her clothes!"
As he spoke, Zhang Mingde seemed to be afraid that Qu Yao would misunderstand something, pointed to the little palace maid at the door of the enclosure and looked at this side, and explained softly: "The master is a particular person, and he never summons people to serve in the front yard, so if you want to succeed in this matter, you still need some small means."
The wine used at this banquet is the liquor that the slave specially bought from Xinghualou, although the master has a good amount of wine, but he is not guarded, and he will get drunk in a short time, and then you will wear the clothes of a little eunuch and go back with the slave.
When the master is settled down, you are taking advantage of the opportunity for the slave to go on the night and sneak in!"
This plan seems to be full of loopholes, but on all sides, Zhang Mingde has discussed it with the Li family several times, but he is not afraid of unsuccess, but this is not an opportunity to explain to Qu Yao, so as soon as Zhang Mingde finished speaking, he pushed her in the direction of the enclosure without waiting for Qu Yao to reply.
Fortunately, Qu Yao is not a very meticulous person, and he didn't think much about his vague words, secretly thinking about the old saying "eating people's mouths is short, taking people's hands short", so he also let Zhang Mingde arrange it.
(To be continued.) )