[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

It was nearly dusk when they arrived at the South Courtyard, and Mama Wan, who was beside Mrs. Jiang, came out to greet her, and brought Yanyu and Daiyu to settle in the East Wing; Zhuang Mu and Xu Yuming were also placed in the two upper rooms of the East Wing, as was Xue Luo. live here.

Obviously this is Jiang Niangzi's arrangement.

Yue Bai and Ye Zi were cleaning the house when someone knocked on the door, Ye Zi hurriedly went to open the door and saw that it was Yu Ming and Zhuang Mu, then turned around and said, "Girl, it's Miss Xu Wu and Miss Zhuang Ba who came here."

Yu Mingyan smiled lightly, and only after entering the room did she call with a smile: "Yan'er, Yu'er."

Zhuang Mu quietly followed Yu Ming, her complexion looked much better than before, she was wearing a purple dress, with a bit of a daughter's charm.

"Sister Ming, Sister Mu." Yanyu came out holding a candle lamp; Daiyu was arranging the scrolls, when she heard them talking, she put down the scrolls and came out.

Sitting down at the crescent table, Yanyu pulled Zhuang Mu and asked her if she was well recently; Zhuang Mu chuckled timidly: "It's refreshing in autumn, and it's much better now."

Yu Ming also said: "Old Madam Zhuang is worried about Mu'er coming to the South Yard. Before she leaves, she has asked Mother Chen to come and take care of Mu'er."

Zhuang Mu blushed, and pretended to throw the silk handkerchief at Yu Ming: "Sister Ming insisted on talking about it to make fun of me."

"The old lady loves you the most." Yu Ming twisted the silk handkerchief and smiled lightly, and then talked to Yanyu Daiyu, "When Mu'er first came to the south courtyard, the fourth aunt took Mu'er and said kindly, let Mu'er My son lives in the south courtyard with peace of mind, just play with my sisters."

"Sister Ming teases me again, I will ignore you." Zhuang Mu pretended to be angry and said angrily.

Yu Ming rubbed Zhuang Mu lovingly.

Zhuang Mu took off her purse and put it on the table, a faint fragrance escaped from the purse: "The Jinxiang plums that grandma asked me to bring, sisters, do you want to taste?"

It was good not to mention this matter at first, but seeing the Jinxiang plums in the purse reminded Yu Ming: "I heard that Mu'er brought three big boxes when she came here, all of which are medicinal ginseng slices, ginger jujube tea, and lotus root. Ye Lizi. Perhaps the old lady was afraid that Mu'er would not be able to eat well."

"Sister Yan, sister Yu, you guys eat, let's not talk to sister." Zhuang Mu turned his back and said to Yanyu Daiyu.

"The Jinxiang plums are delicious!" Daiyu twirled a plum and tasted it, and felt that the flavor was really unique.

Zhuang Mu smiled like a flower: "My eldest sister loved to eat Jinxiang plums when she was pregnant, so my grandmother asked Chen Nanny to make Jinxiang plums for me to bring."

Yu Ming smiled slightly: "You also embroidered Jinxiang plums on your handkerchief?"

"No, grandma said it was a green plum." Zhuang Muyan firmly denied it, "Lang rode a bamboo horse to make green plums around the bed."

"Sister Yan, Mu'er really looks like you!" Yu Ming smiled lightly.

Yanyu caressed the green plum embroidery on Zhuang Mu's silk handkerchief with infinite emotion, and felt that Zhuang Mu's embroidery was at least better than her picture of mandarin ducks playing in water.

They were talking in the room when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside, and saw Yue Bai come in: "Miss, Miss Xue's Miss Luru is here."

Several girls looked at each other, they didn't know Xue Luosu, how could Xue Luo's maid come here?

Yu Mingcai said: "Xue Luo arrived at the South Courtyard this morning."

"Please come in." Although she didn't know what was going on, Yan Yu still said.

A thin little girl came in after Yue Bai, she seemed to recognize Yu Ming, she hurriedly stepped forward and said with tears like rain, "Miss Xu Wu, my girl is missing."

Yu Ming got up in surprise: "What did you say? What happened to your girl?"

Lu Ru was sobbing: "The girl said she wanted to take a nap for a while, let's go to the kitchen to get some pea yellow. But when I came back, the girl was gone."

Hearing such things, Daiyu and Zhuang Mu were obviously at a loss, so Yanyu looked at Yu Ming to see her reaction.

"Are you going to report to the fourth wife?" Yu Ming looked at Lu Ru with a serious face and asked.

"Fourth, the fourth wife went to Liangguang Temple to offer incense, but she hasn't come back yet, sisters Shu and Wen also went with the fourth wife." Lu Ru said with her head down.

Mrs. Jiang took Li Shu and Li Wen to Liangguang Temple to offer incense and did not return. Now the oldest people in the courtyard are Yu Ming and Zhen Yan, and Yu Ming is the granddaughter of the Li family; Ask for help tomorrow.

In fact, they are all young girls after all, even though Yu Ming has learned from Li Shi to be a housekeeper, he is still very flustered when he suddenly hears about this.

The south courtyard is guarded by servants and servants, so Xue Luo will not get lost for no reason.

The flowers in the courtyard are in full bloom, and even at night, you can still see such a bright and warm scene.

"Yesterday was the Double Ninth Festival—" Yu Ming seemed to be remembering something, muttered in a low voice, and then asked Lu Ru, "You are served by Miss Xue, I asked you, you need to be honest." Lu Ru Hastily said yes, Yu Ming took a deep breath, "I remember your wife died young?" Mrs. Xue died early, and after Princess Heqing married Xue's family, she took the infant Xue Luo to the princess mansion as her daughter Raised; Yu Ming grew up in Kyoto before, and he has also heard about these things.

Lu Ru wiped away her tears and nodded: "Yes, my daughter's life is miserable, and my wife left early."

It was only then that Yu Ming's expression became firm, as if he already had an answer.

It is said that Xue Luo was found in the small Buddhist hall in the backyard, and she was kneeling on the futon in front of the Buddha, reciting scriptures devoutly.

It was only later that Yanyu remembered that the Pingfeng Rebellion happened three years ago on the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, and today is the anniversary of the death of Xue Luo's elder brother Xue Song.Because Xue Song died as a sin, the Xue family could not set up an altar to offer incense to worship; but Xue Luo remembered his brother and sister-in-law, so he sent the maids around him to chant scriptures and pray in front of the Buddha.

Zhuang Mu still stayed in Yanyu and the others' room, and Yanyu asked Yue Bai to send Zhuang Mu back to the room when Yu Ming asked the maid to come over to explain the situation.

"Sister." Daiyu called Yanyu uneasily, "Then sister of the Xue family..."

"It'll be fine!" Yanyu turned her head and smiled at her sister.

Daiyu believed her sister's words deeply, so she sat down at the crescent table and played with the nine-curve chain lock left by Yu Ming.

Yan Yu pushed open the screen window to breathe, and saw Zhen Yan standing under the pergola not far away, talking to the maid with great interest.

At night, it was raining patter outside the house again, Yubai brought hot water in to wash them up, and then put the tent to sleep.

Perhaps Daiyu is still a little home-loving, lying on the couch tossing and turning, Yanyu whispered to her sister when she heard the movement: "Yu'er, are you asleep?"

"Sister." Daiyu answered while holding Yanyu's clothes, half asleep and half awake, Yanyu stuffed a cloth tiger into her arms, and Daiyu sneered: "This is Yan'er's play. "

"You also played when you were a child." Yanyu said with a smile.

Daiyu put her arms around the cloth tiger and said nothing.

Woke up early the next morning, washed and changed, and went out to Linfeng Pavilion in the backyard.

The sky is still gray, and the morning after the rain is particularly pleasant; the melodious sound of the piano is heard in the breeze, like a sound from outside the sky.

Mrs. Jiang is kneeling behind the piano table and playing the piano, and the incense is wafting from the incense burner, which is touching.

Li Shu and Li Wenduan were sitting behind the study case, with a serious look; Yanyu and Daiyu had arrived earlier, Lady Jiang motioned them to sit down behind the case, and continued to play the piano calmly.

After that, Zhen Yan and Xue Luo also came over one after another; although they were at odds, they still looked amicable in front of Mrs. Jiang.

Since Zhuang Mu and Li Qi were about the same age, they were arranged to sit next to each other.Naturally, Zhen Yan and Xue Luo's positions were also wrong, Zhen Yan and Liu Ning'an sat together, and Xue Luo sat next to Yu Ming.

Yanyu looked at Xue Luo secretly; she was wearing a tulle and light jacket, elegant and graceful, full of autumn chrysanthemums, and lush spring pines, as if she was a fairy of Luoshen walking from a painting.

And Zhen Yan had a pretty face, and her red flowered silk skirt with long sleeves made her look like a peach blossom, which contrasted sharply with Xue Luo's simple elegance.

The nieces of Mrs. Jiang's natal family, Jiang Yao and Jiang Shi, are also as different as spring flowers and autumn moons. Their sisters grew up in the capital, bright and pretty, and they are completely different from the gentleness of Jiangnan women.

Only then did Mrs. Jiang let the servant girl carry the piano down, and Mother Wan took a sip of tea for Mrs. Jiang, then put down the teacup and said, "I was ordered to enter the palace in the fourth year of Jingyun, and I was the daughter of the princess and princess in Yongxi Academy. Teacher, Enzhi left the palace in the second year of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty. Now, thanks to the trust of the adults, let me teach you the etiquette of poetry and calligraphy; I am a strict and serious person, and I hope you girls will take care of me."

The girls hurriedly said: "Students, sir please give me advice."

On the case were the Four Treasures of the Study and the transcripts of the scriptures. Mrs. Jiang opened the "Nv Shi Zhen" and began to talk; the girls listened carefully to Mrs. Jiang's lecture.

"There is a saying in the world that if a husband is virtuous, he is talented, and if a woman is virtuous, she is virtuous. This is just a fallacy." Mrs. Jiang gently flipped the pages of the book and said, "Girls should be able to read and write; If you get fame, become a marquis and pay homage to your minister, you should also read and understand."

Listening to Mrs. Jiang's words, Daiyu looked at her with bright eyes.

Yanyu also thought to herself, Mrs. Jiang is indeed a woman who has seen the world, and her way of doing things is also different from ordinary women.

Mrs. Jiang asked them to copy "Nvshizheng" again, and let them read the two volumes of piano scores "Qin Cao" and "Jieshi Diao Youlan", and taught them the art of piano after two days.

"Mother Wan will ask the servant girl to deliver the piano to your room in the afternoon, and you can practice the piano in the room in your spare time." Mrs. Jiang recalled and said.

"Yes." The girls agreed.

Jiang Yao is proficient in rhythm, and in the afternoon she heard her strumming the strings in front of the window, while her younger sister Jiang Shi sat beside her and listened.

The maid from the kitchen brought the lunch, and Yanyu and Daiyu had eaten in the room before the maid from the Nuan Pavilion brought the qin over and put it on the qin case.In fact, Yanyu is also proficient in rhythm, and all the fairies in Lihentian are proficient in this way. Even now she has become Yanyu of the Lin family, she still has a deep memory; After moving the strings, he took the sheet music and flipped through it carefully.

Hearing the sound of the piano coming from the Jiang sister's room opposite, Yanyu put down the piano score and sat down next to her sister: "Do you understand what the master said?"

Daiyu nodded without hesitation: "Mr. Jiang speaks more clearly than Mr. Zhao." After a pause, he smiled again, "Actually, I admire Mr. Zhang Hua more than "Nv Shi Zhen" for writing this warning The spirit of the famous novel."

"Sister Yu is indeed a wonderful person!" Yu Ming was entering, and chuckled lightly when he heard Daiyu's words.

"Big sister Ming is just eavesdropping on what other people are saying." Daiyu turned her head and saw that it was Yu Ming who also smiled and said, "Mr.

Yu Ming's brows were already stained with a smile: "I'm not a gentleman, I'm a little girl."