Chapter 541: The Enemy of the Enemy
Chapter 541
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Although there is no such sentence in this era, it does not prevent Liuli from comprehending this essence, so when she saw that the Li family sent the little eunuch around her to deliver a letter to Zhang Mingde in the front yard last day, she obviously had the opportunity to stop her, but she chose not to see it, but instead let the nails left by her subordinate Da Li destroy Zhang Mingde's original impeccable arrangement, so that even after waking up with a hangover, the fourth master can quickly find out the suspicion, and turn his anger on this little woman Mengdie (Qu Yao) who successfully climbed into bed while he was drunk.
After poking a knife in Qu Yao's heart first, he then joined forces with Xiaocao to give Qu Yao a heavy blow, making her completely resentful of the Li family and paving the way for the return of the big Li family.
Needless to say, as Qu Yao said, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, who can be sure that she will not be valued by the fourth master now, and will not be valued by the fourth master in the future!
The icing on the cake is far worse than sending charcoal in the snow.
Originally, she was close to Qu Yao, and Liuli was worried about causing Xiao Li's jealousy, but now, ......
I can only say that this move is very good!
Liuli, who had already changed her clothes, whispered a few words to Cao'er, returned to the upper room with a smile - Li's side, and recounted what had just happened in the backyard one by one, focusing on the purpose of her friendship with Qu Yao, so that Li, who was still a little disliked, immediately showed a smile.
"Okay, it's just a concubine matter, you don't need to tell me.
If you think she is a usable person, then you should take care of her more, the lack of cloth, jewelry, those things, you directly open the warehouse, pick some similar ones to send it, as for the example, didn't the fourth master say that according to the grid to go, you personally go to the housekeeper Mama, first send her this month, lest she don't even have some similar things, and lose my face!" Li Shi put a candied fruit in his mouth, savored the sweetness and sourness, and said impatiently, and at the same time threw a red copper key in the placket into Liuli's hand.
The cub sells Ye Tian and is not distressed.
Most of the good things in the Li family's private treasury were left by the original Li family.
Back then, Da Li was the first woman to serve the fourth master in Brother's house, and she was really spoiled for many years, the good things in her hand were not a star, and she was a miser, she was reluctant to wear and enjoy herself, and even handed over to Mo Yaqi and Hongyun were slightly inferior goods, but they were cheaper than Xiao Li.
Otherwise, with Xiao Li's small transparent grid, he suddenly turned over and became a side Fujin, where did those good things come from to decorate the faΓ§ade.
As soon as he heard that the Li family was going to open the private warehouse to get things and reward people, the corners of Liuli's mouth twitched slightly, and he hurriedly lowered his head, hiding a trace of dissatisfaction and anger that flashed in his eyes.
There are a lot of good things in the private library, which are placed on different shelves in different categories, packed in different brocade boxes, and those placed close to the door are slightly worse, which is what Li used to reward the relatives of the fourth master who entered the house to invite An, Liuli took the grandmother who guarded the library, and checked this kind of file together, and finally chose a horse with a small pattern of duck eggs, blue weaving, white small floral Hangzhou silk and a piece of light red flowing cloud dark pattern brocade, as well as a set of twelve red gold hairpins, and two carved magpie Dengmei hairpin head pendant pearl tassel pendant small steps, and took a box of fashionable yarn pile flowers, with a smile, left her signature and handprint on the notebook, found a tray with things, and left the private warehouse.
Don't look at the things she chooses are inconspicuous, but if they are well matched, they are definitely very eye-catching, which is also the precise fashion sense she cultivated when she followed Da Li to serve with Da Li before, listening to Da Li talk about the dresses of those palace concubines in the deep palace.
"Why did you choose these ordinary things? In order to avoid arousing Li's dissatisfaction with her, she also deliberately took these fancy things and took a look at Li's face, and sure enough, Li turned his head after only one look, and said with a disgusted face.
Liuli smiled secretly in her heart, but her face was as usual, and she leaned over and replied very respectfully: "As you said, master, this butterfly girl is just a concubine, if she is dressed too well, the slave is afraid that she will forget her duty." β
"Give her the hairpin inlaid with sapphires and broken diamonds in my makeup box!" Li Shi was very satisfied with Liuli's answer, but he also felt that the things Liuli was holding were too shabby, so he casually went to the notebook on the tray, added two things, and pointed to the six-layer old sour branch wood makeup box inlaid with luodian on the dressing table in the inner room, and said softly.
As a servant who is the best at understanding the master's mind, Liuli heard the sound and said with a disapproving face: "Master, that's your favorite!"
Sure enough, without waiting for Liuli's words to fall, Li smiled and waved his hand, interrupting Liuli's unfinished words, and said with an indifferent face: "It's just an ordinary piece of jewelry, besides, I've used it a few times, I'm afraid that if I wear it again to attend the hairpin banquet and listen to the play, it will also make people laugh, so it's better to reward her, and it can be regarded as giving her a face!"
After speaking, he personally walked to the side of the makeup box, found the flower hairpin inlaid with sapphires and broken diamonds from the bottom of the makeup box, and threw it directly on the tray, not even a brocade box was used, so it was placed on the duck egg blue Hangzhou silk, urging the glass to send it to Qu Yao.
"The master treated her so well. β
Seeing that Li's mind had been decided, Liuli didn't persuade much, only dropped a flattering word, and went out of the upper room with a tray, and deliberately walked around the corridor, attracting many people's attention to the flower hairpin, and then entered the backyard from the ear door and found Qu Yao who was sitting by the window and swinging.
"Butterfly girl, the slave maid has sent you something on the orders of her master!" Liuli walked to the window and shouted in a loud voice, as if she was afraid that others would not see it.
Qu Yao didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly greeted the door, glanced at the grass that came out of nowhere, reluctantly lifted the hem of his robe, knelt on the bluestone paved path at the door, and reluctantly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Concubine thank the master for rewarding." β
As he spoke, he raised his hands tremblingly above his head, took the tray held by Liuli, and Xiaocao helped her up from the ground.
Qu Yao looked back at the left and right, as if behind the closed doors and windows, there were all mocking faces, she could no longer suppress the anger in her heart, and she couldn't care about her original plan to befriend Liuli, so she stuffed the tray into Xiaocao's arms and said very unceremoniously: "Liuli girl, my body is a little inconvenient at this time, so I won't invite you to sit in." β
Liuli motioned to Xiaocao to stop Qu Yao, who was about to turn around and enter the door, and as soon as his feet moved, he came to Qu Yao's side, combined with Qu Yao's action of reaching out to push Xiaocao, it seemed that Qu Yao was inviting Liuli to come in to drink tea, and Liuli leaned over slightly, as if to express his gratitude.
But it's one thing for others to see it, but it's another thing for Qu Yao to hear.
Liuli, who looked respectful, was teaching her a slightly provocative tone in her tone, "Miss Butterfly, if I were you, I would invite me in for a cup of tea at this time, and then say something considerate, and finally send me a red seal, and then politely send me out of the door." β
"What does this mean? Although I am a concubine, but I am not feeling well, do I still have to serve you?" Qu Yao asked in a cold voice with implicit hatred, fortunately, she also knew that this was a place where the highest level of dignity and humility was the most important, and she did not shout at the top of her voice and lowered her voice, but her tone was definitely unfriendly, and one hand was going to fan Liuli's face.
Qu Yao is a temper that catches fire, although she has grown wise and learned to forbear, and she is also working hard to suppress the fire at this time, but being provoked by Liuli like this, where can she still suppress the anger, and she also owes to the grass standing beside her to be on guard, which can stop Qu Yao's small movements at the moment Qu Yao raises her hand, and at the same time pull Qu Yao into the door half-dragged and half-dragged.
And Ruri followed the two of them into the door.
The petty feud between the two did not attract anyone's attention.
After entering the door, Qu Yao didn't care about the ears of the partition wall, and he didn't dare to offend Liuli too much, so he could only send his anger full of anger to Xiaocao's body, "Xiaocao, whose slave are you!"
"Butterfly girl, the slave maid is for your own good!" Xiaocao took a step back, put the tray in her hand firmly on the long table in front of the window on the right hand side of the door, and said with a smile.
"Okay, for my good, for my good, it's for my tea to safflower!" If Xiaocao didn't say this, Qu Yao wouldn't be so angry, she was tired of hearing the so-called 'for your good' from her elders when she was a child, and she turned her face directly before she finished puberty, sneered and looked at Xiaocao who was a little at a loss, and shouted in a deep voice, "Didn't you think that I would know Honghua, is it in your eyes, I'm just like a fool, I can let you fool around at will?!"
"Miss Butterfly, you really misunderstood me and Xiaocao this time. Seeing that Qu Yao was talking more and more, Liuli hurriedly asked Xiaocao to guard outside the door, smiled and pressed Qu Yao, who was angry like a trapped beast, to sit on the embroidery pier, and said in a low voice, "The reason why I asked you to invite me in for tea is that I have some things I want to remind you, and these words are not good to say outside!"
"I didn't know that your Liuli girl was still a kind person!" Qu Yao struggled hard, but couldn't break free of Liuli's steel tongs-like hand, and finally could only sit there angrily and sulk, but even so, she didn't give up saying ugly words to stimulate Liuli, as if only in this way could she spit out the evil breath in her heart.
Liuli was too lazy to explain to Qu Yao in anger, shook her head helplessly, and sent Xiaocao warm tea to her to moisten her throat, and poured it on Qu Yao's face, and when she saw Qu Yao appear sluggish for a moment, she withdrew her hand with satisfaction, sat on the embroidered pier opposite Qu Yao, and said softly: "If you are calm, then be patient and listen to me slowly!"
Speaking of which, she originally wanted to take advantage of this stupid woman, if she really taught this stupid woman to learn to be smart, wouldn't it be causing trouble to her master!
So at this moment, she is just explaining to her what her current actions are for, a statement that is not much different from what Zhang Mingde said, it is not much different, but it is she who is trying to help her master cultivate power in the mansion, "As you said before, maybe you don't have the eyes of the fourth master now, but you can accumulate a lot of money in the future, instead of waiting until you climb step by step, I will add icing on the cake, it is better to befriend you now."
This house seems to be full of flowers, but in fact, it is killing every step.
Not to mention the side, just say that with the help of Zhang Mingde, you actually accepted the favor in the front yard, even if you broke the rules of the house, the master has never pulled the palace maid who served in the house to bed, and you did it again, those who want to recommend themselves to the pillow and ascend to the sky in one step, I don't know how much they hate you!
If you can really get the attention of the master, forget it, then the master will always protect you, but looking at the position given to you by the master, I think the master is dissatisfied with you, so we Li Fangfujin feel that you have lost your value, so naturally we are not willing to protect you anymore.
As one of the big palace maids who has a face in front of the master, if I want to keep my position all the time, then I need to be anxious about what the master is anxious about, think about what the master thinks, and help the master make up for the omissions, so I will choose to help you at this time, lest you resent the master because of the injustices you have received!"
After speaking, Liuli didn't pay attention to Qu Yao who was sluggish, smiled and took the tray that Xiaocao put on the long table, opened the brocade box containing twelve red gold hairpins, and sent it to Qu Yao, and put the most conspicuous flower hairpin inlaid with sapphires and broken diamonds on her small two hair buns.
"Are you saying that you are doing all this for the sake of your master?" Qu Yao couldn't believe what he heard, raised his eyebrows and looked at Liuli, and asked softly, not looking at the mirror that Liuli sent to her, nor admiring the twelve red gold hairpins that greeted the sun and shimmered dazzlingly.
Hearing this, Liuli nodded, shook off the pieces of Hangzhou silk, draped it on Qu Yao's body, and put the brocade on her shoulder, stood in front of her and looked at it carefully, a trace of satisfaction flashed in her eyes, and said with a smile: "That's right." β
Qu Yao didn't believe that there would be such a loyal servant of the Lord, and Zhengse said: "You liar!"
"Whether it's true or not, having me help you in the East Courtyard is always a good thing for you, it's always true!" Liuli also thought about it, such a statement naturally can't fool anyone, and she doesn't need Qu Yao to believe it, she just needs Qu Yao to know that she can help her, and she believes that Qu Yao will know how to choose.
As she expected, as soon as she said this, Qu Yao, who had just been on guard, quieted down, rubbing her smooth jaw with one hand, as if considering whether what she said was true or false, and finally nodded with a smile, and said softly: "Miss Liuli is reasonable, no matter what you are thinking, my situation will not be worse than now!"
After saying that, she let the glass toss on her head like a puppet.
(To be continued.) )