Volume 1 Chapter 46 Watching the Play (Part 2)
Eleventh girl supported Yuan girl and slowly walked towards the main house.
On the road, Shiyi felt Yuan's body getting heavier and heavier, so she slowed down her pace and said softly: "Do you want to take a rest?"
Yu Nuang slightly turned her face and smiled at her, with a slight raise of her eyebrows and a curl of the corner of her mouth. Her expression was very strange: "Don't make a sound!"
The eleventh girl was a bit strange, but still obeyed her words and silently carried her up the steps of the main house.
The front door was slightly ajar, and the windows on both the east and west sides were half open, as if they were wide open to ventilate.
She supported Yuanniang with one hand and pushed the door open with the other.
Just as his fingertips touched the door, a man's angry shout was suddenly heard: "Who is outside the door?"
The eleventh girl was startled in her heart, her hand trembled, and she slapped the door open with a "creak".
A low cry of surprise came from the woman in the house.
Someone!
This was the first thought that flashed into Xiāo Shí Yī's mind.
And it's one boy and one girl!
This was the second thought that flashed into Eleven's mind.
She was shocked, and then a faint sense of foreboding rose in her heart.
Yuanniang, who had been leaning weakly on her shoulder all along, suddenly straightened up and shouted: "Who? Who's inside?" As she spoke, she quickly supported the door frame with her hands and stepped inside.
Eleventh Girl watched Yuan Girl stumble, hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly rushed forward to support Yuan Girl. Just then, she saw a man walking out of the west wing with a majestic stride.
He was tall and straight, with a handsome face, wearing a moon-white middle garment. Seeing Yuan Niang, his expression was slightly surprised: "Yuan Niang?" His tone was full of incredulity.
Yuanniang was tongue-tied: "Houye? You... how are you here?"
Marquis Hou? Xu Lingyi, Marquis of Yongping?
The girl's eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but size up the man sitting across from her.
Appears to be around twenty-five or six years old. Skin is fair, with a pair of bright phoenix eyes that are both large and long, shining brightly. The composure between his eyebrows, typical of someone who has been in a high position for a long time, gives him a stability and maturity that transcends his age.
She was quite surprised.
I didn't expect Xu Lingyi to be so young.
He gazed at Yuan Niang without responding, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Yuanniang looked at him coldly and let out a "hmm", pushing away Shiyiniang, stumbling past him into the western wing of the house.
Xu Lingyi watched her enter the house, neither helping nor stopping her.
The eleventh girl thought of the woman's scream she had just heard...
It's really a case of "when it rains, it pours". The matter with Shi Niang has yet to be resolved, and now I've gotten myself into another place I shouldn't have entered.
She tiptoed backwards, trying to hide in the corner and become an unnoticed high stool... If she could turn into dust, she wouldn't have any objections!
But at this time, it was also a luxury to think of not being noticed.
A sharp gaze fell on her.
"Who are you?" The person asking the question had a glint of cold light in his eyes.
A little girl as delicate as a flower, with refined eyebrows and eyes, dressed in understated yet elegant attire, moving with poise and dignity, exuding a quiet elegance that clearly marks her as a young lady from a good family.
The eleventh girl couldn't help but let out a sigh in her heart.
What's meant to be will be!
"I am Luoshi's eleventh daughter." She curtsied and gave Xu Lingyi a blessing, her voice calm and gentle, "Greetings, Your Excellency!"
Xu Lingyi was taken aback: "The Luo family?"
Eleventh girl smiled: "Exactly!"
Xu Lingyi was about to say something, but Yuan Niang had already rushed out, still holding a moon-white embroidered bamboo and plum lan underskirt with a drawn thread.
"Xu Lingyi," she said with tears streaming down her face, "I'm not dead yet!"
A sentence of hatred, yet with a melancholic tone, makes one's heart ache upon hearing it.
Xu Lingyi gazed at Yuan Niang, speechless, with a serious expression, causing an unusual feeling to arise in the heart of the eleventh daughter.
Yuanniang was heartbroken and her already thin body trembled with fear, on the verge of collapse.
The eleventh girl hurried forward and supported Yuan Niang.
Xu Lingyi calmly turned around and sat down in the taishi chair in the main room. Then, in a low voice, he said to Eleventh Sister: "You go out first, I have something to say to your sister." His tone was tinged with a hint of fatigue.
The eleventh girl didn't dare to think more, didn't dare to look more, lowered her eyelids, and with a humble attitude, she curtsied and replied with a "yes", then turned around and was about to leave the door.
Who would have thought that a woman wearing a pink skirt suddenly rushed out of the western wing and almost collided with Eleventh Sister.
The eleventh girl instinctively took a step back, but her eyes swept across the woman's face... and then she stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning.
"You misunderstood... I and Master Hou really have nothing!" The voice was soft and pleasant to hear, "My sleeve was torn in the garden earlier, I just wanted to borrow a change of clothes here!" She pulled on Yuanniang's sleeve, pleading bitterly, "Really, if you don't believe me, you can go ask Miss Gan Qi, I was just flying a kite with her..."
Yuanniang stood there with a cold smile.
She turned around with tears in her eyes and went to beg Xu Lingyi: "Hou Ye..." She took two steps, then felt it wasn't right, and stopped on the spot, at a loss for what to do. "I really didn't know you were here...really didn't know..." As she spoke, she covered her face and began to sob.
The eleventh girl suddenly came to her senses and quickly lowered her head, quietly walking out.
It turned out to be Qiao Lianfang, the sixth young lady of the Qiao family!
How did she end up here?
No, how could Yuan Niang appear here?
She didn't even go out to welcome her mother who she hadn't seen in over a decade, but for the sake of a few close family friends' wives, she went to Dianchuntang...
The eleventh girl gently closed the door.
I also thought of when I came just now, the door was ajar and the window was half open...
She had just stood still when she saw Wen Niang walking over with a flickering gaze.
Behind the door came Yuan Niang's indignant voice and Miss Qiao's low sobbing.
The eleventh girl sighed and said loudly: "Wen Niangniang, how did you come?"
It suddenly became quiet behind him.
She had a clear conscience — Yuan Niang didn't want this matter to be blown out of proportion...
The aunt had already stepped onto the stairs "Miss, why are you standing here?"
The eleventh girl smiled slightly: "Big sister said she's a bit tired and wants to take a break!"
The aunt lifted her foot, her eyes swept over her shoulder and looked inside, somewhat absent-mindedly saying: "Do you want me to pour a cup of hot tea for your sister?"
Wen Yiniang was Xu Lingyi's concubine, and her relationship with Yuanni was like that of a superior and subordinate.
In a flash of inspiration, Eleventh Sister smiled and said: "Then I'll have to trouble Auntie! I was just thinking of going to pour a cup of tea for my elder sister. The place is unfamiliar, so I didn't dare to walk around randomly."
Wen Yiniang was taken aback.
She didn't think Eleven would actually order her to do it.
The eleventh girl looked at her expression clearly and smiled at her: "Trouble Auntie to help brew a cup of hot tea!"
The aunt's face slightly sank, her eyes turned around, and she smiled again: "Then I'll go make tea for sister."
Turned around and went down the steps, still looking back at a glance.
If someone else comes, I definitely can't stop them.
No matter what the truth of this matter is, Yuan Niang is her own sister, Xu Lingyi is her own brother-in-law, and outside there are also a group of noblewomen...
Eleventh Girl watched as Wen Niang's figure disappeared from view, then hastily followed after her. At the Taihu stone, she peeked into the corridor and saw a small maid standing on the steps, so she beckoned to the maid.
The maid was in Yuan Niang's house and was very quick-witted, immediately running over.
The eleventh girl smiled and asked her: "What's your name?"
The maid smiled and said: "My name is Wenlian."
"Oh, Wenlian." Shiyi Niang smiled intimately, "I have something urgent to attend to, can you secretly call Tao Mama for me... don't let anyone know." As she spoke, a hint of shyness appeared in her smile.
Is it going to be a clean room?
Wen Lian guessed and smiled in response, then quickly turned around to call out for Tao Mama.
Eleventh Sister pulled Tao Mama to the center of the courtyard.
"Master Hou, Big Sister and Sixth Miss Qiao are all in the house." She said briefly to Tao Mama while observing her expression.
Taoma's mother looked at Shier Niang with a hint of surprise but did not feel shocked.
The eleventh girl had a plan in mind, and she hurriedly instructed her: "Whatever you do, don't make a scene... that would be a scandal. Not only would Miss Qiao's reputation be ruined, but also the good name of our family's virtue for all these years would be destroyed. Please quietly tell Mother to inform Madame Tao that sister is not feeling well and wants to see her alone. Absolutely no one else must know about this, not even Father."
Tao's mother looked at Eleven with a strange gaze.
It's come to this, being timid and shrinking back has no meaning anymore.
The eleventh girl smiled slightly, calmly accepted the gaze of Tao's mother, and warned her again: "Mom, go quickly! If I hadn't blocked it just now, Wen Niang would have rushed in. I can stop once, but not twice."
Mrs. Tao's face showed a few points of urgency, and she politely said to the Eleventh Girl, "Thank you for your trouble," before turning around and running out of the hall.
Eleventh Sister raised her head and gazed at the azure sky divided into four quadrants, letting out a long sigh.
Before long, Wen Yiniang arrived, and in the carved red lacquer tray with a sea of flowers pattern, she also brought an old celadon tea cup.
Eleventh Girl took over the tray and smiled: "Thanks, Auntie."
Wen Yiniang stood there, smiling at Shiyiniang as if waiting for her to enter the house before leaving herself.
The eleventh girl stood there holding a tray and smiled at Madame Wen, as if waiting for her to leave before entering the house herself.
For a moment, the two of them were stuck there.
The aunt smiled, but a sharp glint flashed in her eyes: "Miss, I've been serving your sister for over a decade. I treat my sister like family, and she treats me with great respect."
It means that Eleven was too rude to her.
Eleventh girl smiled warmly: "It's just that sister has been bedridden for a long time, and can't help but think too much. We people around her should be more accommodating. Auntie is also being too hasty."
It means that when Wen's aunt saw Yuan's mother was ill, she no longer listened to Yuan's words.
The smile on Wen's face gradually faded: "I'm afraid that Miss Qian doesn't know her sister's habits and hobbies, so I'd better remind her from time to time. After all, you two have only met three times."
Eleventh Sister smiled brightly: "That's why, elder sister brought me here to talk about some personal matters." As she spoke, a few hints of melancholy appeared on her face. "Elder sister didn't say it, but I didn't know that the Green Bamboo Building where I live was built after elder sister got married. And there's also the warm pavilion behind the Green Bamboo Building. Unlike in Yanjing, charcoal is very hard to come by in Yuhang. Mother was afraid we sisters would freeze, so during snowy days, she would light the brazier, and my sisters and I would do needlework in the warm pavilion. My twelfth sister often complained that it's not as good as burning a fire basin, which could roast sweet potatoes and chestnuts to eat..."
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