A world of glory

Seeing that the room was quiet, Yizhu came in and said with a smile: "I have ordered you to go down, and the carriages and horses are all ready." Qin Yi got up, and only smiled: "The things are also ready, I will go out, and I will be there at noon." I'm not coming back." Peiyu hurriedly took out a snow-green cloak, changed Qin Yi's boots, and sent Qin Yi out.

Qin Yi went out of the side door, and there was already a blue-painted carriage waiting outside the corner door. Qin Yi got into the carriage, gave some instructions to the driver, and the carriage headed towards Ganquan Garden in the west of the city.Ganquan Garden was originally a garden of a family in the previous dynasty. The garden is [-] mu in size, surrounded by mountains with piled stones, dug ponds to divert water, supported trees, high pavilions and halls, stone beams and rainbow eaves, terraces and starlight pavilions, curved water ring corridors, and hazy painting pavilions. , the flourishing of the gardens is unrivaled for a time.Later, when the new dynasty was established, the Ganquan Garden was divided into two parts, one half was designated as an academy, and the other half became a Taoist temple, which became a scene in the capital.

When he arrived at the gate of Ganquan Garden, Qin Yi got out of the carriage. There was already a clever young man waiting at the gate, and when he saw Qin Yi, he rushed up to greet him. "Master Yi, my young master is waiting in the quiet room in Tongming Temple." Qin Yi nodded, rewarded him with a purse, and walked towards the Taoist Temple.

The Taoist boy in the Taoist temple got the order early, and led Qin Yi across several stone bridge corridors, avoiding the noisy crowd, and arrived at a quiet room not long after.After Qin Yiling, the Taoist who led the way, retreated, he pushed open the door and went in.As soon as he entered the door, he saw his second cousin, wearing a Tsing Yi, leaning against the window, sipping tea and meditating.He just smiled and said: "I'm late." The man came back to his senses and only smiled slightly: "But I came early, never late."

Not to mention Qin Yi chatting with his cousin.Since Qin Yi left the house, the maids in Jingsong Courtyard inevitably became more relaxed, and Peiyu didn't like to disappoint, so she only pulled Yizhu to do needlework in the house.Lanyue couldn't hold back her temper, so she went to talk to Nongyun.Nong Yun is naturally stuffy, and he reads some books with Qin Yi on weekdays, and likes to read books in the small study to settle accounts when he has nothing to do.Lan Yue went straight to the small study, and saw Nong Yun spreading out a piece of rice paper and drawing flowers on it.Lanyue only said: "What a talented girl, she didn't do anything, but she hid here to paint." Nongyun frightened a bit, and when she looked back, she saw Lanyue, and Fang smiled and said, "So it's Sister Lanyue, there's no reason to scare me." Just jump, come and help me." Lanyue walked over, looked at the drawing paper carefully, and said with a smile: "I can't do my two graffiti, how can I help you?" Nongyun smiled and said: "You Just pick for me, which patterns are the most beautiful?" Lanyue asked: "What are you doing with so many patterns?" Nongyun stopped writing, and only said: "Good sister, you are a noble person who forgets things, but you forget When it comes to February, I can't wear fur clothes in winter, and I have to be busy making spring clothes."

Looking at Lanyue suddenly realized, she said again: "I will draw the pattern first, and give it to Sister Yizhu to make a few sets of clothes. It will also save the cloth from the mansion after March, and I have to make clothes while it is in a hurry." Lanyue smiled and said: "That's true. It seems that in the twelfth lunar month, the mansion only sent a few golden satins to come over. After a few days of exhaustion, Yizhu made a dress. The young master didn't wear it once, and the rest of the cloth I'm going to reward you." Nong Yun only smiled, picked up his brush and drew a few more strokes, and then said: "The clothing materials from the mansion are naturally good. It's just that the young master always wears materials for advancement and official use. The fabrics are too common." Lanyue sneered and said, "You're not right. Although the screwdriver in the house doesn't know anything, he doesn't dare to tamper with the fabrics. Don't say it's Madam, it's It is true that we maidservants who have not learned how to sew when they enter the mansion are making false quotations to make some money, but they don’t have the guts to tamper with the materials.”

Nong Yun sketched a few strokes carefully, then stopped and said with a smile: "Sister only knows one thing, not the other. In a mansion like ours, although there are noble titles, but after all, it is the fame of our ancestors, and the title is not worth it." No less, and the old lady is counting on the future of the Marquis, so the expenses in the mansion are naturally much less than other homes. Although the fabrics allocated by the mansion are top-grade, they are not as good as the clothes sent by the general's mansion." Nong Yunjian Lanyue nodded slightly, and said again: "Although our mansion is also rich in gold and jade, how can it compare to the wealth and honor of the general who killed mountains of swords and blood. What's more, although the general has been in the army for a long time, he is not a People who are greedy for power and position are in the Sacred Heart. The general is far away in the frontier, and most of the rewards bestowed by the palace every year are given to the young master." The two were talking and laughing, but there was a young man in a water red dress. The servant girl came into the room and said: "Two sisters, go and have a look! There is a quarrel in the front yard." The two were startled, immediately put away their pens and ink, and headed towards the front yard.

The two of them went out of the inner courtyard, passed the garden along the veranda, and before they reached the hanging flower gate, they heard a woman's voice scolding loudly: "You little hoof, don't think that you will become a phoenix by flying on a branch, left One sentence is a son and the other is a master, but a concubine's son, what kind of master is he, and he is an authentic son of the Hou Mansion who lives in Qunfang Yuan!" A little girl's voice cried: "I am on a business, how can I send things, you My own daughter will not give it away. I just recognize you as a godmother. In the past, the monthly money was deducted by you. Now that you are in this courtyard, you can’t deduct the monthly money. You are looking for it all day long. Take it out on me." Lanyue Nongyun went out, and saw a grey-clothed woman with her hips akimbo, and a little maid in a half-new, old-fashioned green and white cotton trousers, crying in a low voice.Seeing the little maid crying and talking, the woman became more and more annoyed, and scolded vigorously: "I can't scold you anymore, don't talk about entering this courtyard, you treat that concubine as the master, Just talk about it. I ordered you to do some small things, and you use the rules of that concubine to have children to block it. Pooh! His mother was a sick ghost when she was alive, and he also suffered from three disasters and six diseases every day. Maybe he followed his dead ghost that day Mother is gone."

The little girl sobbed and cried: "I was on a job, and I haven't finished sweeping the yard. I said I asked Sister Zhu'er before I went to deliver the things, so why use the son's rules to get in the way. You can just scold me. It's just that your daughter can't enter this yard, so she swears nonsense." "She scolds readily, and today I want to see if it's her scolding happily, or my aunt and grandma are good at me!" Lanyue sneered, and said He Nongyun came out and glanced at the crowd in the courtyard. The maids and women watching the fun all lowered their heads and were silent for a while.Nong Yun smiled, looked at the little maids in the crowd, pointed to a familiar little maid and said, "Go and invite the second wife, I'm going to play around today." The little maid followed her advice and went.

Lanyue looked at the woman, and said with a sneer: "Mom, you should scold me again! Who is a sick ghost and who is a dead ghost! Seeing that the young master is not in the house, you bully the door to show your prestige, are you that The master of the Fang family! Give you three points, and open the dyeing workshop." The woman trembled a few times, her face turned pale, and she dared not speak.

"Sister Peiyu and Sister Yizhu are here." A little maid said, and when Lanyue turned her head, she saw Peiyu and Yizhu hurrying over with three or four little maids.

Peiyu asked: "What's the matter? Why did you start arguing?" Lanyue sneered and said, "I think it's because our yard is too quiet, but this villain came here to bully me. It's not worth scolding the little maid." , is it arranged that the young master is a dead ghost? The young master is not the master of this mansion, but this grandma is the master of the mansion, and she is more noble than the wife and wife?"

The woman collapsed on the ground after hearing this.Peiyu ignored her, and only asked everyone present: "Who is she in that room, who is she scolding?" The little maid sobbed: "She is the godmother of the servants, and she used to take care of the flower house." The servant girl explained the whole story clearly.It turned out that the woman's surname was Zhang, her husband was a servant of the mansion, and her daughter was a second-class maid in the wife's room. Because she was somewhat related to the man in charge of the mansion, she didn't pay much attention to the rules of the mansion.When this little maid was first sold into the mansion, she listened to the steward's words and worshiped the old woman as her godmother.Later, there were a few cleaning maids in the yard, and this maid was selected. Because the monthly money in the yard was released separately, the old woman couldn't deduct the money, so she often came to find out what happened to this maid.

While talking, the second wife came over with a few maids and women, and she smiled as soon as she came: "What's the trouble? The four girls are here, don't blow the cold wind." Lanyue saluted with a smile: " My stomach is full of fire! I wish I could blow some cold wind to reduce the fire?" The second wife glanced at the woman lying on the ground and the maid who was sobbing, thinking about what the maid said just now, she naturally knew that the four around Qin Yi None of the maids are easy to fool, so she hurriedly smiled and said: "But this woman and this maid made you angry, why are you so angry? Just kick them out." The woman's face turned paler when she heard this a bit.

"We don't dare to throw out this grandma. My young master is a sick ghost in this mansion, and this grandma is the real master of this mansion. Let the second wife be fair and come up with an idea. I don't know. Come in. In this mansion, even if the master is recognized, the mother-in-law is not allowed to beat and scold, but a foolish godmother came to the door. It's just this one thing, the things the master ordered, the rules set, can't compare to this grandma What matters is what she says, and what she says is a golden word!" Peiyu said coldly, looking at the woman with a frosty face.

"I was talking about the errands I ordered on weekdays, but eight times out of ten I didn't follow the rules. My grandmother was kind in the past month, and I only kicked out a few women who were drinking and gambling. I didn't expect someone to bully the master today. I want to see if you are superhuman, or more courageous than others?" The second wife sneered.