Jian An Kee

Chapter 23 If Nobody Knows

Because I was sick a few days ago and recuperated, the maids were removed from the house, and last night I forgot to order Zhu'er to return to duty today, so there was no one in the room when I woke up the next day.I opened the door with my hair loose, and saw that the weather was fine, so I got interested and walked a few more steps.

Walking slowly along the path, I heard whispers just after turning the corner.I stretched my head and saw that there were three rough servants with unfamiliar faces, who probably got up early to sweep the floor.

I wanted to go directly, recalling that since I came to the Dudu Mansion, I have never heard of a corner. Is it a fly in the ointment in such a deep house?So he retracted his head with peace of mind and stood close to the wall.

Servant A (young): ...Will people hear you when you speak like this?

Servant B (middle-aged): My nephew has very strict rules. Except for those who work, no one is allowed to appear in the yard at this time.

Servant C (middle-aged): Miss nephew hasn't gotten up yet?

Servant A: I heard that he is sick.

Servant C: The master fell ill after only a few days. What a treasure.

Servant B: It's just fake Jingui, she is not the real lady.Now that there is a serious lady in the mansion, she is not even a lady.

Servant C: Why are you talking nonsense!I was heard by my wife and asked you to look good.

Servant A: (laughs) Madame is good-natured, so she won't punish you; but if General Sun listens to your words, it will be serious.

Servant B: (laughs) What do you mean by that, when will the general take care of my niece and her affairs?

Servant A: (Contemptuously) The relationship between my nephew and the general is not ordinary, why, you don't know?I told you, old and young, to drink and gamble.

Servant B: Is there such a thing?

Servant A: I also listen to @! What #%* said, she also listened to what **%￥@ said, everyone said so.

Servant C: You just need to sweep the floor well, after a while Miss Huzhu will come over.

Servant A: What are you afraid of, Aunt Zhu, it has been spreading like this for several days, not just a few of you.

Servant B: Yunniang said that, I seem to have heard it too, saying that General Sun is very fond of Miss Nephew.

Servant A: That's it. At the wedding banquet between Liu Huangshu and the princess, General Sun and Miss Nephew sat together at the same table, and sent Miss back home!

Servant C: These things, Yun Niang, you are quite transparent.

Servant A: That's right, I don't even ask who E Ayun is.

Servant B: Oh, but Miss Nephew and General Sun are two generations behind.

Servant C: What is that? The third son of the Sun family was the one who was hacked to death, so he also took his niece.If Miss Nephew can enter the General's Mansion this time, our Dudu's Mansion will really have a high profile.

The morning breeze was quite cool.I yawned, tiptoed back a few steps, and left here quietly.

After another day of messing up the mess, I visited Little Joe for dinner.She was puzzled by my arrival: "Hasn't Alan eaten yet?"

"I'm here to eat." I said with a smile.

"Cengfan? What kind of rice is that?" She was surprised.

"Cough," I cleared my throat, "means cheating on food..."

"Does Alan need to lie to me about the meal? You are not cooking in the kitchen." She smiled and ordered the maid to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks: "I'm afraid the dishes are light and not to your liking."

At this time, the nurse was hugging the little sister and coaxing her, I went over to touch the baby's little face, and couldn't help sighing: "Oh, I think my sister is getting fat again.

Since the little sister was born, Mrs. Xiao Qiao has never even fed her a sip of milk.I have 1 disagreements in my heart about this matter, but it is a pity that such a bad habit has already become a tradition.The ladies of the official family must have several wet nurses to match their status, and the wet nurses will be brought to the husband's house as the most caring family members in the future, and will become the young lady's right-hand man.So this is a link that doubles the income, and it must not be omitted.

The selection of nurses is really very picky. In addition to the two basic requirements of good health and sufficient milk, they also pay attention to background, knowledge, words and deeds, etc. Almost from the time the mistress is pregnant, the selection of nurses begins.

The younger sister eats less, and the two nannies do not need to breastfeed frequently, but I am very familiar with them, because the care of these two nannies is absolutely sloppy, and I often have to check their diets myself.

"Don't bother teasing the children, come and eat." She reproached.

The maid came over to wash my hands with hot water, I picked up a few chopsticks and said softly to Xiao Qiao, "Wait a minute, I want to talk to you alone."

She nodded.After dinner, she led me into the dormitory, and said to everyone in the room: "You all go down, the nanny will also take the young lady to her room, and I will go there later."

After everyone else in the room retreated, I sat down by the desk and vaguely told her the gossip I heard in the morning.

Her eyes flickered: "Alan, I should have told you earlier..."

Hearing what Xiao Qiao said, did he already know it?I can't help being stunned.

"Don't get me wrong, my aunt didn't hear any rumors before. Actually...Alan, do you remember? Last month, General Sun accompanied my father to visit Bieye. He never had the patience to do such things before.

My aunt saw him staring at you many times, and she had some vague suspicions in her heart, but after seeing General Sun, he said nothing more, so I didn't mention it to you.In this way, Alan may have noticed it a long time ago. "

I was a little embarrassed, looked away and lowered my head: "He, he was just playing with me."

"You can't say such things indiscriminately." Her beautiful and charming face showed a slight expression of disapproval: "How can you speak lightly about life-long events!"

Ah, it seems that this belongs to the chasm of the times, right?I never felt that Sun Quan was serious, at most he was just playing with me, so he was allowed to play, but I couldn't?

So I raised the corner of my mouth: "I don't play with him, it's boring."

Xiao Qiao clenched her hands unconsciously, and finally said: "Alan, you are willing to get close to me and ask me about such a private matter. My aunt is very happy. But this is not something that I, a woman, can judge. After all, you and General Sun ...there's too much to do here."

"What do you mean?" I felt discouraged.

"Go to a letter with your uncle, he will give enough advice."

I said: "Then how should I deal with myself during this period, or should I go out to avoid his proactive invitation?"

She caressed the white jade bracelet on her wrist with her slender fingers, and her eyes were downcast so she couldn't see her expression clearly: "Alan also knows that the relationship between the general's mansion and our family is different from that of other subordinates. Alan is very sensible. Please deal with it yourself for the time being, after all, in the eyes of General Sun, you are just a little girl, even if you make a small mistake, it doesn't matter."

I stared at the dark and bright desk thoughtfully, and nodded: "I understand."

On the third day of the first lunar month, Jingkou East Park.

Today, Wu Guotai finally allowed me, a bad boy, to meet Sun Shangxiang.I heard that the old man claimed that I took her good daughter wild, and said that she was not allowed to see me in the first two months of marriage.This opportunity was rare, I grabbed Sun Shangxiang's arm, pinched her a few times symbolically through the thick winter clothes, and motioned for her to introduce me to Yicheng Tinghouling, the Hanzuo General who is famous all over the Tang Dynasty (?) Yuzhou Mu and Liu Bei, the emperor's uncle who actually occupied Jingzhou.

Sun Shangxiang broke free from my clutches, and brought his husband to me with resentment.I folded my hands skillfully by my side, and bowed my head gracefully: "I have met Uncle Liu Huang."

This is the fifth time I have seen Uncle Liu Huang. His complexion is still very good, but the smile lines at the corners of his mouth are deeper than two years ago.The first two times I saw him was in Xiangyang Longzhong, when he didn’t know my existence; the third time I only saw his back riding a horse from a distance in Ganlu Temple; the fourth time was at the wedding ceremony between him and Sun Shangxiang. At that time, I was busy looking for the figure of General Zhao Yun, and I only glanced at him a few times before giving up.

Being dragged along by his little wife, Liu Bei was still in a state of dizziness: "Madam, please introduce me, this is—?"

"Husband, this is my little niece."

Liu Bei: ? ?

I smiled reservedly at Liu Bei, and in a blink of an eye secretly shot Sun Shangxiang with a sharp eye.

"Uh, husband, well, this is Miss Zhou Lan, the niece of Governor Zhou, and she and my concubine are very good playmates."

"The new nobleman is well." I smiled shyly.

"Miss Alan is well." Liu Bei nodded gently in return.

"Then my husband, why don't we invite Alan to enjoy the flowers later?"

"Madam's proposal is very good, what do you think Miss Alan would like?"

I bowed: "Alan likes the camellias in the garden very much. I heard that it is a New Year gift specially prepared for my sister-in-law by the upstart."

Sun Shangxiang's pretty face turned red, and she secretly grabbed Liu Bei's sleeve.I could only cover my face in melancholy.She has fallen in two months. Is the enemy's firepower too strong or our defenders too careless?

It is not an exaggeration to describe his current situation as perilous, but I can see that the way he looks at his little wife is a bit like his son Liu Adou who is not thinking about leaving.However, considering the overall situation, I am afraid that in the days to come, Uncle Liu Huang will never have such a stable life as he is now.

I thought wildly in my mind, and without hesitation, I took Sun Shangxiang intimately and went to the open-air garden together.The camellias in the whole garden are piling up layer upon layer in a gorgeous style, with yellow pistils and red flowers, which are very luxurious.Unfortunately, I don't like it very much.

I don't know when Sun Quan also joined the ranks of viewing flowers.Like us, there were many ladies walking in the garden with their entourage in twos and threes. When they saw him appear, the reserved girls hurried away.And I was shy, and I didn't care about Sun Shangxiang's arm and continued to walk forward.

What is different from the past is that this time Sun Quan brought a beautiful woman with jewels and jewels beside her. She wore a complicated hairstyle that came from the north, and she looked very old in her clothes.I glanced at her a few times, and couldn't help but secretly amused: Does Sun Quan have such a taste?

Sun Shangxiang whispered in my ear: "That woman was chosen by my mother for my elder brother a few years ago, and her name is Xie Cong. Now she is taking care of my little nephew. This woman is so annoying, she thinks of herself as my sister-in-law everywhere, and she doesn't care about it. Look at who you are!"

"Is this Mrs. Xie taking care of General Sun's child?"

"Well, Alan, you haven't met my nephew yet, right? My brother loves him and never brings him in front of others." She suddenly felt a little sad: "This baby is very miserable, so let's not talk about it... Hey, she Look here, let's change places quickly!"

Originally, I was very interested in this kind of gossip, but unfortunately she refused to continue halfway through.No matter how you look at it, this kind of thing is regarded as a writer's ugliness, and family ugliness should not be publicized. It is understandable that she does not want to say more.For example, I can't always get along with Zhou's family members. Every family has scriptures that are hard to recite.

When the banquet started earlier, Liu Bei and his wife were dragged to toast because they were the hosts. I was not interested in attending the banquet, so I sent Le Ling to find some snacks, and only Bi Chun waited on me.

While I was drinking hot tea alone in the octagonal stone pavilion in the garden, a person swept in like a whirlwind.The thick tents hanging on all sides were lifted by the air current clumsily stirred up by this person, and the cold wind rushed in through the gaps, and I couldn't bear to sneeze a little.