Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

In the dead of night, the crescent moon on the treetops cast a bleak light on the courtyard. Occasionally, a gust of autumn wind blows from the ground, rustling the leaves of the sycamore trees outside the window.

Li Xin stared at the intricate patterns on the Jiuhua Curtain beside the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

She turned over and inadvertently made a movement, and immediately heard the jingle of the twelve beaded curtains at the door, and the movement of the moon shadow gauze and emerald bamboo embroidered curtains held by the silver spoon in front of the bed.

With the faint lights flickering, a bit of the autumn coolness of the capital rushed over.

What came into view was a face she was familiar with, one of the few people Li Xin knew, because she had been serving in front of the original owner for the past few days.

Bin Lan asked in a low voice, "Is the girl thirsty?"

Li Xin nodded.

Binlan backed out, and after a while, she came over with a cup of tea. Li Xin moistened her throat with the tea, then rinsed her mouth, and Binlan came over with honey water.

This is what you drink.

The rules here are different from Li Xin's previous life. In order to prevent outsiders from seeing the flaws, Li Xin had to change them one by one.

If Li Xin was not allowed to back down, Bin Lan didn't know if she had other requests, so she waited by the bed and carefully adjusted the curtain to dim the lights reflected in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin looked down at Bin Lan's clothes, and frowned.

Bin Lan got up in a hurry, so she put on a moon-white willow-leaf gauze skirt with a jacket over it, and red embroidered shoes with golden lotus embroidered on the ground.

From Li Xin's point of view, the dress of this maid almost caught up with the young lady of Cao's family in Jiangning Weaving Mansion.

However, although the clothes style of this servant girl is the style of the Han family, there is a bit of the demeanor of the maidservant of Miss Manchu Bannerman's family. This is not a Han, full of dissatisfaction, how decent is it?

Even so, Li Xin still had to say that the original owner was indeed born in a splendid and wealthy family, and the extravagant furnishings in the home made even her, a former lady from the weaving mansion, amazed.

Li Xin turned the sweet white porcelain teacup in his hand, looked at the pattern, and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Judging from the texture of the craftsmanship, it looks like an item from the Guo Dynasty, but in terms of craftsmanship, there is a bit of the artistic conception of the previous dynasty.

She sighed, and said to Bin Lan, "You go down first, and I'll call you later when something happens."

Bin Lan squatted down and backed out, not forgetting to adjust the curtains, re-touched the red musk charcoal covered by gold threads, and blew out the candles, the world in front of Li Xin's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she heard the beaded curtain jingle again. He knew that it was Bin Lan who had gone out.

Li Xin didn't lie down, but sat down and calmed down.

Now that she is here, she will be at peace, God has a lot of good fortune in it, in the previous life, God treated her well, her mother's family was full of people and married before they ransacked the house, she was rich and honored all her life, with both sons and daughters, and she lived a new life, and she was born in a beautiful and rich town. Do not force anything.

But where is this?

Li Xin struggled with this question for some days.

From the furnishings in the house, it was hard to tell whether it was the former Dynasty or the present. At first she thought it was not the Guo Dynasty, because the father who came to visit her did not shave his head, and the mother also wore emerald white jade hibiscus jewelry. Li Xin thought it might be because he was located in the north and was influenced by foreign costumes, so he didn't take it to heart.

In her previous life, she was also a first-class order. She had seen house raids, seen prosperity, and had seen the world. After going through wind and rain, she still had some confidence in her speculation.

Until earlier today, I overheard Binlan and Mulan, who were immersed in embroidery, bickering. Binlan smiled and said, "What do you think you are?" Q."

Li Xin was terrified at the moment, if she hadn't experienced many storms, she would have almost buckled the tea bowl on her body.

The word Gege is exclusively used in this dynasty, and it is mostly used to address the daughters of Banner families.

She concealed her strange color at the time, but her heart was also full of waves.

Thinking back carefully, it was even more shocking.

Binlan always called her the third girl, just like her family habit, so she didn't take it to heart.

This is the habit of this dynasty.

The embroiderer who taught her that day was from the south of the Yangtze River. I heard her talk about the folk customs of the pre-Ming Dynasty. Unmarried daughters were often called Niangzi, or Miss. It was not until the current dynasty that the title of Maiden was often used.

Amitabha, by the Lord Avalokitesvara, where is the believer girl?

Li Xin once asked the maid beside him to inquire, but was told that the country name of this dynasty is Jin, the country surname is Meng, and the family name is Shi. It is one of the four major families in Jinling. His father's name is Shi Ding. The elder brother has died, and the elder brother inherits the title of Marquis of Baoling. His mother's surname is Wang, who also came from a wealthy family in Jinling.

Now she doesn't even know where she is. From that dynasty and that generation, she just vaguely feels that Shi Nai's name is somewhat familiar, as if she has seen it somewhere before, but she is afraid of attracting attention, so she has to hide her doubts one by one, just by chance. I went up to say hello, but I didn't dare to ask my mother deeply.

While thinking in his heart, he suddenly heard the French clock strike three times. Although Shi Ningyun felt restless for a long time, he thought that he had recovered from his illness, and his mother missed him for so many days. I said hello, but I should go up tomorrow, while thinking about where this is, and fearing that the time will be delayed, although I was sleepy after walking, I still lay down indiscriminately, after all, I was so young, I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep for a while.

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At three quarters of the next day, Bin Lan came in and called Ning Yun up, but Ning Yun was taken aback.

In the old days in Li's Mansion, every day he got up at Maozheng, and he went up at three o'clock. Even in Gao's Mansion, he became an old lord, and the latest he got up was at Maoshi.

Ning Yun put on her clothes in a hurry, and didn't bother to complain about Binlan. After going to the cleaning room, Mulan cleaned her hands and washed her face. Ning Yun couldn't help but praise her current maid, the process is very familiar, far better than the useless maids who served in front of her before.

"Why didn't you call me earlier today?" When Ting Xiao combed her hair, Ning Yun complained unintentionally.

Bin Lan was taken aback for a moment, stopped opening the three-layer enamel lacquered wood jewelry box, and then smiled and replied: "Miss, maybe you forgot that the ancestors like Yuanlong lying high, and they only get up at the hour of the day, and they are not feeling well recently, so the wife That’s why I specially told the girls to go there at the second of the hour.”

Ning Yun smiled, "I haven't gone up for a few days, thanks to your careful thinking ahead, I really forgot."

Bin Lan smiled and said, "The girl is not joking, she is teasing the servant girl."

Ning Yun always likes to be smart and agile, so he also thinks highly of Bin Lan. Although Bin Lan has won the favor of the master, the Shifu has strict rules and does not dare to act presumptuously in front of the master. Occasionally seeing Ning Yun in a good mood, he joked, It is an exception.

Ning Yun is about five or six years old, and he doesn't need to wear any expensive jewelry, just a few hibiscus jade dots, emerald flying phoenix hairpins, emerald jade flowers flowing in the clouds, and a coral bracelet given by his mother on his wrist. The wreath necklace around her neck made her look luxurious without losing her demeanor. She looked at the mirror with satisfaction and trimmed her hair at the sideburns before helping Binlan up.

It was still frost last night, and the leaves of the sycamore tree in her yard were covered with fluffy ice circles, and the frost flowers had sharp edges, which was very pleasing.

"Miss, be careful where you step." Bin Lan saw that a thin layer of ice had formed on the blue brick floor, and quickly supported Ning Yun with more strength, and then gathered the outer edge of Ning Yun's Xiangfei-colored Tianshui and green feather silk cloak, "The ground is a little slippery."

Ning Yun nodded, but didn't take it seriously.

She can walk in the snow with flower pot bottoms, not to mention these small high and low shoes.

However, she kind of missed the fox fur she wore before, because of the cool wind in late autumn, the cloak somewhat chilled her neck.

The master and servant did not walk slowly, and they arrived at Wang's courtyard not long after. Before entering the door, the little maid who was in charge of guarding the door and feeding the birds saw Ning Yun and hurried back to report. Come over, hold Ning Yun's other hand kindly, and said: "Yesterday, the wife was still talking about the girl to me. It's so cold, the girl hasn't recovered yet, why did you go out?"

He said again and again, "The girl is here."

"How is mother?" Ning Yun asked very kindly, "I have been bedridden these days, and my mother is worried, and you have to worry about it."

There was a bit of annoyance in the words.

Shao Yao chuckled, "Whatever the girl says, it's what a servant should do." While talking, she secretly looked at the third girl.

She has a feeling that she can't see through the third girl.

Why is it that this five or six-year-old girl grew up overnight and became a little adult after being ill for a while?

But still with a smile on her face, she respectfully introduced Ning Yun. Unlike in the past, her respect came from the heart.

When Ning Yun entered the room, Mrs. Wang had already washed and washed, and was sitting on the couch in the side hall, with several aunts serving her breakfast.

Seeing Ning Yun approaching, Mrs. Wang was a little surprised, "It's so cold today, why don't you rest in the house? What should I do if the wind blows again? When the time comes, the imperial doctor must prescribe some bitter medicine for you to grow Long memory." She reprimanded Bin Lan with a straight face, and quickly asked Ning Yun to sit down, "Have you eaten yet?"

"I was in a hurry to see my mother, so I came here directly. If my mother has something delicious, let my daughter eat it." Ning Yun smiled and said coquettishly to Wang, "I miss the silver silk peony rolls from my mother these few days."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smiled knowingly, and quickly signaled Bu Rang's maid to add bowls and chopsticks to Ning Yun, and ordered the kitchen to send more hot pastries, and the newly boiled lily, red dates and longan soup. The Eight Treasures Sauce Duck was torn apart, Ning Yun saw it, got up quickly and said, "Mother..."

"Let's eat." Mrs. Wang smiled, cleaned her hands before picking up the bowls and chopsticks, "Your usual favorite, I knew you were coming, so I asked them to make it."

Ning Yun was at a loss, so he had no choice but to respond, pretending to bow his head to eat, to hide the tears in his eye sockets.

She lost her mother in the early years, and she and her stepmother were used to politeness. Today, all kinds of things before and after are grateful and warm in her heart, but they arouse all kinds of sad things in her.

At this time, the second aunt who was beside Wang smiled and said: "It's only been a few days, the girl is really getting better and better."

Ning Yun heard from the maid before that the second aunt was originally Wang's maid, surnamed Lu, and she was raised as an aunt after giving birth to a daughter, but she still slept in Wang's room, doing her duty as a maid, and serving Wang's personally. Zhou Zhoudao, it can be said to be trembling.

In Ning Yun's view, it was just seeking a future for her daughter, so she smiled at Second Aunt.

All for their children.

The future of all concubines' daughters is in the hands of the mistress.

Everyone has their own difficulties.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "If you want to talk about appearance, you have to talk about Lan Yun from the second sister-in-law's family. This one from my family is too dignified, not childish at all."

The second aunt quickly said yes.

At this time, there was a faint sound of pearls and jade clinking, and Ning Yun heard voices outside, and after a while, Haitang came in to bless her body first, and then said with a smile: "Madam, someone from Jia's mansion came and said yes On Madam Tai's order, take the eldest girl to play for a few days."

Mrs. Wang nodded, and took the white cloth handed over by Second Aunt to wipe her hands, "I see, you can go and inform Second Sister-in-law again, and if it's too late, it's windy and frosty these days, I'll Seeing that it was going to snow, I told the eldest girl that if the weather is not good, I will stay overnight in Jia's mansion."

Haitang was a little embarrassed, "But ma'am, the second wife..."

"Just say I said it." Wang's words suddenly sounded a little annoyed, "Let's go back like this, this Shifu, I still have room to speak."

Facing Wang's categorical decision, Haitang had no choice but to back down.

Ning Yun didn't know why, secretly looked at Wang Shi, and then glanced at Second Auntie.

The second aunt quickly explained with a smile: "Young lady doesn't know, this second wife..."

Before she finished speaking, Wang suddenly interrupted, "I'm getting more and more advanced today, why have I learned to start talking about others behind my back?"

The second aunt smiled awkwardly.

Wang eased her tone a little, "Xiang Yun is also a poor child, I like it when I look at it, no wonder Mrs. Jia loves her more, it's a pity that her parents passed away at such a young age." meaning is contained in it.