Chapter 9： Suspicious

The "nail" Su Wanniang, who had been booked by the prince, arrived at the martial arts training ground before dawn the next day, and started learning from squatting. To Shen Xiang's surprise, this slender girl looked at Jiao Di Di, but she squatted there for an hour, sweating and didn't ask for a break in between.

At dawn, Su Wanniang felt that Shen Wen should get up, so she stood up, shaking her legs and said to Shen Xiang, "I have to go back and wait for the lady."

Shen Xiang graciously patted Su Wanniang on the shoulder and said, "Well, see you tomorrow morning!" Su Wanniang sat on the ground after hearing a "puff".

Shen Jian was walking by and said with a smile: "Don't be too anxious, how can you be fat one day?"

Shen Xiang helped Su Wanniang up, and Su Wanniang tremblingly said, "Miss, see you tomorrow morning."

Shen Xiang helped her walk a few steps, let her slowly, and said: "You are much better than my sister. She squatted for only a quarter of an hour before she shed tears."

Su Wanniang said: "The young lady is a noble person, how can I compare it." She said the truth, but everyone thought she understood her duty. Su Wanniang saw that her legs were almost done, so she bid farewell to Shen Xiang and walked to Shen Wen's yard.

Shen Jian and Shen Xiang watched her walk away, and Shen Jian asked Shen Xiang, "Who do you think she is?"

Shen Xiang said: "She is very temperamental to me, stubborn, and willing to endure hardship."

Seeing Shen Xiang's answer to the wrong question, Shen Jian sighed: "Whoever you are willing to practice martial arts with you will be angry with you."

Shen Xiang took the opportunity to say to Shen Jian: "Second brother hasn't had a fight with me for a long time, come and try, otherwise you won't be angry with me."

When Su Wanniang arrived in the courtyard, Shen Wen's house was still quiet. Su Wanniang washed herself, and arrived outside Shen Wen's house, Xia Hong waited outside, and said impatiently: "Where have you been, stay here in the morning. I don't understand."

Su Wanniang didn't speak much, and stood quietly by the door.

Xia Hong was not reconciled, and said: "You are so unruly..."

Su Wanniang interrupted her and said: "You know that the lady has chosen me, you are leaving. You make the lady happy, she can still miss her old love, maybe give you more. If you don't follow her wishes , The master and the servant, it’s not good to divide so unhappily.”

Xia Hong snorted and said, "I have been with Miss for seven years, and I don't know how she can't be nice to me because she is soft-hearted."

Su Wanniang sneered: "You are trying to make her feel soft! I should tell you that my heart is not soft. Now I have the money box. Can I give you more? It depends on my mood."

Xia Hong gritted her teeth: "You have only been here for one day, so rampant!"

Su Wanniang looked into Xia Hong's eyes: "Yes! I'm so rampant! Miss likes me, you better understand it!"

Xia Hong flushed with anger, Shen Wen yawned loudly inside, Xia Hong entered the room angrily, and said to Shen Wen who had just gotten up from the bed: "Miss! You didn't hear Su Wanniang say..."

Su Wanniang stepped up to pick up a shirt from the bedside and put it on Shen Wen, and said: "It's late autumn, the lady will get up slowly, wait for me to come in and put on your coat, don't freeze."

Xia Hong was stunned. Shen Wen followed Su Wanniang's hand and put on her clothes. Su Wanniang smiled sweetly and said, "Sister Wanniang is so kind to me! I have to tell my mother and let her know that I didn't pick the wrong person."

Su Wanniang also smiled: "I have already made people cook red date soup for you."

Shen Wen clapped his hands: "Great!"

Su Wanniang lifted the quilt. Without waiting for her to help, Shen Wen jumped out of the bed. Su Wanniang stopped her again and asked her to put on her socks and embroidered shoes.

Shen Wen went to wash up, and when he came back, there was soup on the table. He picked it up and drank it. He kept saying, "It's so delicious. It's better if it's sour."

Su Wanniang smiled and said, "Okay, I will let them put a plum tomorrow."

Shen Wen sat in front of the dressing table, Su Wanniang combed her hair, and Shen Wen asked Xia Hong as if she suddenly remembered something: "Oh, Xia Hong, what did you want to say when you came in just now?"

Xia Hong stayed on the side and didn't intervene. Seeing this pair of masters and servants smiled comfortably, she felt frustrated and reluctantly smiled and said, "It's nothing, but Xia Wan has to learn more about the rules of the yard. ."

Shen Wen was pulled by his hair and couldn't nod, so he smiled and said, "Yes, Sister Wanniang, you have to manage this yard, and you have to quickly become familiar with the rules." Xia Hong's mouth opened in surprise.

Su Wanniang seemed to have not noticed Xia Hong's appearance, and said with a smile: "Sister Xia Hong is an old man in this yard, where is it my turn?"

Xia Hong shut up and gritted her teeth: What is an "old man"! How old i am

Shen Wen said: "Sister Xia Hong is going to marry. My mother said that getting married is a happy event. Xia Hong can't wait. You have to help her prepare something. She has served me for so many years. It's very hard! "

Su Wanniang nodded hurriedly and said, "I understand, Miss, don't worry, I will definitely help Sister Xia Hong get married."

Xia Hong couldn't interrupt at all when the two sang and got together. Hearing this, it turned out that Su Wanniang was really in charge of the money she was going to give herself! Xia Hong is more depressed.

Shen Wen went to greet him after he finished dressing up. Before he went out, he encountered money from Yang's side. Na Zun Jun has always been Yang's confidant. Shen Wen hurriedly smiled and called: "Qian Angmang, I am going to greet my mother."

"Qian target ψ Oh, meteorite, Xin Yu, skeletal target." Madam Lu just asked me to come over and see if I can help. "

Xia Hong's face was beaming. This was the person sent by the lady who was worried about Su Wanniang.

Shen Wen smiled and said, "That's great! I have let Sister Wanniang take care of this yard, and you just came to help her." The person was immediately set aside.

Qian Huohuang blinked and said to Su Wanniang: "Then I will help the girl."

Su Wanniang also saluted, and said with a smile: "If you don't help me, I just want to manage the yard for the lady, so that everyone in the yard is kind to the lady."

As soon as she said this, the eyes of the people around her shot out angry rays, wishing to penetrate her. Could it be that the ones in the yard right now are not good for the young lady

Su Wanniang completely ignored them, and continued: "I think half of the people in this yard can be let out, just like the woman with such an ugly face--" She pointed to the one who spoke harshly to her yesterday and is now looking at them grimly. Mother-in-law: "It doesn't look like she's happy to be a errand here. She dares to give the young lady such a stinky face, how can she let the mansion take money to support her"

The woman just wanted to say that she was not shaking her face to the young lady but to Su Wanniang. Shen Wen pressed her chest as if she had just seen her and said, "Yes, I just found out that she looked like she was going to eat me. "How can I offend her?" Then tears appeared naturally, with a typical sad expression.

At this time, the woman seemed to be making excuses no matter what the difference was. The person from Qianshaoyuanyan, who was carrying the target of Qian Anjun bandit, made a list for his wife to look at. "

Shen Wen immediately looked timid, and took Su Wanniang's hand and said: "It's so troublesome, and I still have to write a list of sister Wanniang. Just look at it and write it. I'll go and hand it to my mother."

Although everyone had never seen the emperor, they felt that those "faint monarchs" who were scolded in history were probably people like Shen Wen. At the same time, the gaze that many people looked at Su Wanniang immediately changed, from contempt and hatred to flattery and flattery.

Su Wanniang said her part, "Okay, I'll just write a list." She turned to Qian Badan and asked if she was really a relative of a man of merit in the Hou Mansion, it would be difficult for people to leave. Other... See what the young lady meant. "

Shen Wen hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands and said, "I don't understand, I don't understand. I don't know some people these years. You can figure it out."

Everyone is angry: What a big tone! Who is Su Wanniang? She has become the master! Everyone looked expectantly at Qian Ai and waited for her to say something to stop her.

But before I waited for the money, Su Wanniang smiled and said, "The young lady trusts me, it is my blessing. I must pick those who are really good to the young lady." All of a sudden, no one stopped talking: Is it true that the pick is true? Miss is good and people are wrong

Few people in this yard have a good impression of Shen Wen. Who doesn't think this young lady is a weak and incompetent crying bag. Who has never said bad things about her is a little guilty after hearing Su Wanniang's words.

Shen Wen didn't delay too much. We asked Qian Badan and the skeleton to persuade us to lie down on the side of the vinegar and Crane Yingsang and come back. "If you want to drive people out of the yard, you can't leave it alone.

Qian Antan, Bandit Daomag, watched Shen Wen take Su Wanniang and Xia Hong away. Turning his head to the lady-in-law, said: "You have heard it too. Pack your things. When they come back, you can just let me take care of them."

The woman burst into tears: "Where did that little **** come from the brothel! What is she! How dare to deceive the young lady like this!..."

Qian Ba ​​Gizzard Xian said to her before coming: "Wen'er likes that Su Wanniang and insists on making her the maidservant. This is a courtier of the emperor, she must be in a bad relationship with the people in the yard now, just follow her. Let her catch up with a group of people, otherwise she will tire Wen'er if she doesn't do anything well. You stay there for a while and watch carefully, if that girl treats Wen'er well, it doesn't matter how she toss. If it's not good, Tell me right away."

Qian Ao's jealousy throwing sorrows to seduce Shizheng proved that Su Wanniang did the right thing, and couldn't help sighing: "Don't say that. If you are really serious about the lady, you won't be so scolded by the person she picked. Miss. Pity her, she shed tears in the street, and took so much effort to bring her into the yard. You ran her like this, so you don’t know why you look down on the lady, don’t you give her a face?"

It was not that Shen Wen picked a girl from a brothel from the street to be a maidservant, and she immediately became a maidservant. This is not a silly thing. How can such a lady make people look up to me?

When Su Wanniang and Shen Wen asked for peace to come back and Qian left with the wife, the people in the yard had a different attitude towards Su Wanniang.

Shen Wen wants to read by herself, Su Wanniang guards by the door, and sometimes a maid comes over with a smile and says: "Sister Wanniang, this is my embroidered purse. If you don't dislike it, I will use it first." "Sister Wanniang , Look at how the young lady I played looks good on her." "Sister Wanniang, you are so good-looking. This hairpin was given by a former lady, so Sister Wanniang is worthy of..."

Shen Wen, who hid inside and read the "Book of Changes", was very happy that Su Wanniang was able to stand up in such a short time. She found the first person who could advance and retreat with her. Fortunately, the two people cooperated and worked together seamlessly. From then on, Shen Wen no longer has to worry about someone breaking in while she is reading or writing, and no longer has to worry about when she goes out at night, the maid comes to see how she sleeps on a whim, and finds that there are a pile of quilts on the bed. Screaming on the pillow...

When Su Wanniang came in to deliver tea to Shen Wen, Shen Wen took Su Wanniang's hand and said, "Thank you, sister."

Su Wanniang whispered: "If you have anyone you want to stay, just tell me."

Shen Wen listened to the surroundings, and also whispered: "Except for the nurse He, the person who gives you the money should keep one or two." It is common for maids to send small things, but if it is true to Su Wanniang now If you give money, unless you really like her, it shows that her intentions are not correct.

Su Wanniang nodded heavily, her face darkened.

One day after a month, Qian Ba ​​Chong teared up the slaughter flies, and said that he was stunned. "Yesterday the tooth lady took a person to the yard of the young lady. The second lady looked from left to right and said she couldn't make up his mind. At last Wanniang, oh, Xia Wan, help the picker."

Yang frowned: "She actually let that maid pick someone."

Ms. Qian Anxuan Xuan'an was very concerned about that maid. Although she was named Xia Wan, she usually called ‘Sister Wanniang’ and ‘Sister Wanniang’, and that maid did everything. That maid is also capable. This month, he has dismissed all the people in the yard, and the rest are divided into tasks. Every day, people are watching to see if they are cleaning the floor, cleaning the windows, and carrying water. The people on duty also have towels of different colors tied to their wrists, so that people can know who is in charge of what at a glance. Usually, I can’t get together in the yard and talk about things in the yard to outsiders. I often gather people together and talk about it. Now the yard is clean and quiet, and the maids are obedient. "Qian Baiyun wandered around and said that these were Shen Wen's ideas.

Yang smiled bitterly: "She is actually more like a master than Wen'er."

The old lady also nodded and said, "This way, it's not worse than the courtyard in Xiang'er. The courtyard in Xiang'er is the same as in the army."

Yang said: "I heard that her father had an accident and she was in charge of the family. It is not surprising that she is so capable."

The old lady asked: "Speaking of her father, you have asked someone to check it."

Yang sighed: "Yi'er and Jian'er went to check, but all the letters they got were that her father was greedy for money, and there was no evidence that he died in prison, maybe suicide."

The old lady frowned: "These are all things that people say, no one is accurate. You tell Yi'er, don't be too much, if people know that Zhenbei Houfu is investigating the court case for his maid, I don't know that there is How many people can chew their tongues."

Yang said hurriedly, "Don't ask any more, as long as the maid is nice and treats Wen'er well." She looked at Qian.

It is good for Qian's case to administer Xi Danmu's vinegar, vinegar, and eggplant tactics. Usually, the maids are not allowed to speak bad things about the young lady. It is said that even if you see the young lady, you have to smile even if you are not polite, remembering that this is the person who supports them. Every day, I care about the second lady's coldness and warmth, and the clothes must be warm to match. Not to mention the food. I wrote down everything the lady likes, such as soups, snacks, and flavors, clearly written down, and handed over to the kitchen. "

The old lady nodded and said: "It seems that she is a gracious child. Wen'er is blessed to have her."

Yangs hesitated, she raised her eyes to look around, and the other standing maids looked down when they saw her. Yang said in a low voice, "That kid looks so outstanding, and Wen'er will compare with her in the future..."

Generally, girls get dowry when they get married, and some become concubines of their husbands-in-law. Although marrying a wife and virtue, marrying a concubine and marrying sex, if the concubine is too beautiful and the mistress is weak, it will inevitably affect the stability of the family in the future.

Qian Raken said: "I heard that girl said that the Su family's'men are not servants or concubines', so the young lady begged his wife to let her mother and younger brother move out of the house."

The Yang suddenly said: "Oh, no wonder, she is afraid that they have been living in the house of the subordinates and they will be regarded as servants."

Qian Aoxuan murmured: "The young lady said she would let her mother and younger brother live in the guest room, and the girl stopped her and said that she should not cause trouble to the Hou Mansion."

Yang nodded: The Hou Mansion treats the prisoner's family with hospitality, which is not enough.

Qian Ba ​​Dan Mou Aojie committed them to renting a small house outside the Hou Mansion, and the young lady asked her to check it out from time to time. The girl was so grateful to the young lady that she burst into tears when she talked about it, and took care of the yard more vigorously. "

The old lady said: "Since she said that her family motto is ‘a woman is not a concubine’, she has a strong temperament, so don’t let her be a dowry in the future, and find someone for her."

Yang's rest assured, let's change Tan Tuo Shao Pan on the collapse of the eighth gear, but you don't often go over and talk to Wen'er. "

Qian Huita said again: "Xia Hong's parents came over a few days ago and said that they want Xia Hong to go back at the end of the year and prepare for her marriage."

Yang was still hesitating, and the old lady shook her head: "Let her go. This is because she can't beat that girl and wants to leave." Although she doesn't like the old lady's gesticulation, it is difficult for Yang to refute the old lady's words in front of others. , Had no choice but to nod.

Qian Ba ​​said in peace, "That girl is not forgiving. She is always kind to the He family in the yard, and she always looks at other people. She is so beautiful, but people don't dare to underestimate it. Xia Hong is indeed. Can't compete with her."

Yang said: "I heard she used to practice martial arts with Xianger in the morning"

Qian Ba ​​Dan Lei Omu is the same as before, and has never stopped. The eldest lady was also overjoyed, always asking people to give her martial arts clothes, saying that she didn't need to make them separately, but they were her own old clothes. But I look at it, it's all new! "

Yang smiled bitterly: "Xiang'er always wants to accept an apprentice. Wen'er doesn't like martial arts. She even told me that I should give her another younger sibling. Now she can do her wish."

The old lady's eyes lit up, "Oh, it's not bad to tell Xianger to have a younger brother or sister, isn't Hou Ye coming back soon?"

Rao is the Yang family in his 30s, blushing, frowning and saying: "What are you talking about, Lord Hou said that he wants to come back to attend Yi'er's wedding, so the emperor must agree to it. More than a year and a half!"

The old lady "tsk": "Of course you feel slow in counting the days like this. In fact, don't care too much, the days will pass quickly. A year or a half will pass in the blink of an eye."

Perhaps it was said that Yang’s face turned redder, Qian Yanxia’s simmering ψ 煨漢に張診 will go through three matchmaking and six hiring according to the cockroach’s relationship. The man hires a matchmaker, the woman hires a matchmaker, and then there is a neutral one. matchmaker. Then Nacai, asking for a name, Najib, Najib, Nazhen, invitation, and a personal greet of the wedding. All kinds of preparations, such as the gifts for the job offer and the decoration of the house, have to be started. Madam must be staring at the day, but she must be very busy. The year and a half will pass in no blink of an eye."

The old lady smiled at Qian Ba ​​Dan Mukuro and talked about the ill-fated Mi Zheng.

Yang's whispered: "At that time, you have to ask your mother to help you make up your mind."

The old lady smiled comfortably. With so many things to do, the relationship between the two people is better than before.

If the busyness of the Hou Mansion had just begun, the mansion of the eldest prince had been busy for a while. The New Year is coming soon, and after the New Year, the bride will be married in March. This is the marriage of the emperor's eldest son, and the other party is a family of "one family and three phases" Wengui. In any case, the marriage has to be handled in a big way.

At night, four or five people stood in the eldest prince's study, but they took turns to report none of the news about the marriage. By the time they have said everything that should be said, it is already close to the time.

The eldest prince let out a weary sigh, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he blurted out and asked: "I mentioned that...the second lady of the Hou family in Zhenbei...she bought a maid..." he recalled.

One of the staff hurriedly said: "Oh, that maid named Su Wanniang. According to a letter, the second young lady in Zhenbeihou promoted her to a big maid and asked her to take charge of the yard. As a result, she drove people out within a month. Most of them included that she had just arrived at the Hou Mansion and made a mockery of her mother-in-law and other maids who were unkind to her. Our people gave money to stay. The second young lady obeyed her, and even the person who sent her to the tooth made her Come and choose. She became the real master in that yard, and people say that she was pampered and arrogant, and avenged her personal revenge."

The eldest prince frowned instead: "That young girl just indulged her like this"

The person hurriedly said: "The second young lady of the Hou family in Zhenbei has always been weak. Her yard was also controlled by a maidservant, but it is not as strict as Su Wanniang. When Su Wanniang came in, she squeezed the original maid aside. , I heard that I will be leaving soon."

Another person in the room said: "This Su Wanniang is so powerful, the slave is strong and the master is weak, and it will be chaos in the future."

Another person said: "The Zhenbei Hou Mansion seems to be out of management. The Yang family may be trying to save trouble."

The prince pondered for a moment, and said, "After the New Year, make an arrangement. I want to see her."

Someone asked: "Su Wanniang"

The eldest prince slowly shook his head: "It's the second lady."

Several staff members glanced at each other: A seven-year-old girl, the prince, probably knew their doubts, and said casually as an explanation: "I just want to see if someone can really be that stupid."

Everyone laughed: "Zhenbei Hou is a military commander. Neither the Gu family nor the Yang family came from a family. The only sister of the second young lady likes to practice martial arts. She has limited family education. Moreover, the one who once raised her The woman seemed to say that the second lady was born stupid and had a bad brain."

The eldest prince also smiled, with his hand facing the teacup, everyone said goodbye. This matter will never be mentioned again. Although everyone feels that the eldest prince wants to see a seven-year-old child in person, it is purely unnecessary, but this also shows that the eldest prince will be cautious about everything.

Of course, even the eldest prince himself didn't realize that people have an intuition about danger, but this feeling often appears occasionally, and it is fleeting, making people wonder what it means. Just as the eldest prince wanted to see Shen Wen, thinking that he just wanted to see how stupid she was, but didn't expect that his instinct was telling him to see how smart she was.

The eldest prince opened his mouth, and didn't say no, he still had to arrange what should be arranged. Soon, the lady in charge of the Queen’s mother's parents in Lehou Mansion sent an invitation to Zhenbeihou Mansion, asking the two young ladies to come and participate in the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival in Changlehou Mansion, and spend the festive season with the ladies of the rich and powerful family in Beijing.

Although Yang does not like to socialize, Shen Xiang is almost ten years old, and he should walk with girls from other families. Moreover, this lantern festival is just a gathering of girls from different families in the evening, guessing some riddles, and doing a few words. Poetry, show some talent, and then go home separately or go to the street to watch the lights, the book will not be too long. Yang asked someone to write a reply, thanked the invitation, and told Mrs. Changle Hou that the two ladies of the Hou Mansion would go there by then.