Chapter 255 The wind and rain are coming(1/2)
The next day, Song Ruoxi invited the lord of Zhaoping County and went out to go back to the shoulder chariot and Shuyuyuan. Suddenly, someone rushed out from the side, scaring her. The maids hurriedly stopped her in front of her and shouted sternly: "Bold slaves, dare to hit the young lady, don't have any chance!"
The man knelt down and pulled down the veil that was pressed on his head, "Please be kind to the young lady, let me see my wife, I have something to say."
Song Ruoxi looked at her and frowned slightly, "Who are you? Where are you on duty? What do you want to say when you see your wife?"
The woman kowtowed and said, "I am Yan Mei, serving as an employee in Shangfu Department. I don't know what my sister does. I ask my wife to be kind, I ask my young wife to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind, I want me to be kind!"
"What did your sister do?" Song Ruoxi asked.
"I don't know what big mistake I made. I have committed suicide by hanging my beam. I know nothing about what I did. Yesterday, the city lord ordered that all my servants and my servants be escorted to the Zhe Kiln to serve hard labor. The slave family has been serving as servants and slaves in the city for generations, and there is no rebellious intention. I beg my wife to be kind, ask the young lady, let me spare my servants, let me spare my servants, let me spare my family!"
When Song Ruoxi heard that it was Ye Fan's order, he knew that this matter was not something that she and the lord Zhaoping could not interfere. "Since it was the order given by the lord of the city, you should ask the lord for mercy."
"Mrs. Young Madam, please show your compassion and save me. My family. My father is over 60 years old and is weak and sick. My grandson is only two years old! I went to the Zhe Kiln to serve hard labor, and I will die for a lifetime. Please beg my wife to be kind and save us!" Yan Mei cried bitterly.
Song Ruoxi showed a hint of unbearableness on his face, but the whole story was not clear. He couldn't just help her rashly. His eyes turned slightly and he asked, "Since you were escorted to the Ochre Kiln, why did you appear here?"
Before Yan Mei could answer, a group of female servants ran over, and the leader of the attendant saluted and said, "I have met the young lady in my rank. This person is a serious offender. When he was escorted out of the city, he was careless and asked her to take the opportunity to escape. He disturbed the young lady, and hoped that the young lady would forgive her for her crime."
Yan Mei's face changed drastically, her eyes were filled with panic, and she knelt forward for two steps, "Young lady..."
Before he finished speaking, the chief servant had reached out to slash her out, "Mrs. Young Madam, I want to take her back to commit suicide."
"Sir, please take care of yourself." Song Ruoxi said with a faint smile.
The attendant bowed to Song Ruoxi again, waved his hand, and the attendants carried Yan Mei away.
Song Ruoxi looked at their distant figures, his eyes slightly condensed. What big thing happened in the city? Even the sixty-year-old man and the two-year-old child were implicated and escorted to hard labor? Why didn't Ouyang and Qiaotao report this to her?
"Young Madam." Xiang Xiu called out softly.
Song Ruoxi came to his senses, got on the shoulder chariot, and returned to Shuyuyuan. Ouyang took leave yesterday and left the city. He called Qiaotao to ask, "What happened to Shangfusi, do you know?"
"Shangfusi?" Qiaotao thought for a while and shook his head, "I don't know what happened."
"You go and ask if you need some money to prepare, then go find mint." Song Ruoxi Road.
Qiao Tao smiled and said, "My sister gave me money yesterday. I'll go and inquire now."
Song Ruoxi smiled, "Go."
Qiao Tao saluted and turned around and went out.
Song Ruoxi leaned against the couch. Qiao Tao didn't know such a big thing. What was going on? Suddenly, I realized something. The rumors in the city were actually under control. All the rumors were just trivial little things that would not affect the overall situation. The real big things could not be spread. She had been with the Lord of Zhaoping for nearly a year and knew clearly that her mother-in-law did not have such strong control. Then the person who controlled the rumors should be Ye Fan. She asked Qiao Tao to inquire and would make a taboo. She hurriedly sat up and shouted, "Qiao Tao is back soon."
Xiangduo and others heard it and said, "Qiaotao is back soon, the young lady calls you."
Qiao Tao had already run out of the yard gate, heard the shouts, and ran back, "Mrs. Young Madam, what else do you have to give?"
"There is no need to investigate the matter, just pretend that there is no such thing." Song Ruoxi said in a deep voice.
Qiao Tao was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "I understand."
Song Ruoxi smiled. This is how Qiao Tao is smart. She will do whatever her master said without asking why. Song Ruoxi resisted curiosity about Yan Mei, and did not ask, and did not ask. If there is something, it would be better than knowing.
As September approaches, two consecutive autumn rains have started, and the weather gradually becomes colder. People in the Yuanzhong have changed into jackets, and the needle and thread room are also busy making winter clothes. Xiangxiu takes out a newly made silver-blue orchid-embroidered narrow-sleeved jacket and smiles: "Mrs. Young lady, try this clothes, see if it fits?"
"The clothes you make have never been incompatible." Song Ruoxi smiled and tried it on, her waist tightened a little.
"Oh, the clothes are small, so I have to put them a little on my waist. I will take them to change them. My wife will wear them tomorrow." Xiang Xiu said with a smile.
"It's not that you're too young, but that I'm gaining weight." Song Ruoxi pinched the circle of meat on his waist, "I want to lose weight, I want to go on a diet, I won't eat breakfast."
When Ye Shuhua heard this, he said anxiously: "It won't work if you don't eat, you will get hungry."
Song Ruoxi glared at him, "It's all your fault. He always asked me to eat and feed me like a pig. Look at how fat I am?"
"I see you haven't gained weight at all." Ye Shuhua said lies with his eyes open.
"Nonsense, I obviously gained ten kilograms." Song Ruoxi took off the little jacket and wore a purple-red cross-collar long jacket embroidered with Ruyi cloud patterns.
"I weighed it half a month ago, only a little over nine pounds, less than ten pounds."
Song Ruoxi curled his lips, too lazy to be "foul-minded" with this man, but he just refused to have breakfast.
"If you don't eat, I won't eat. I'll go hungry with you." Ye Shuhua said firmly.
The two of them stared at each other for a while, and Song Ruoxi was defeated, "I'll just eat it."
Ye Shuhua smiled, picked up chopsticks and picked up some side dishes in her bowl, "You are so good now, don't lose weight."
"Don't eat or sleep." Song Ruoxi said angrily.
Ye Shuhua nodded when he was taught, without saying a word, his eyes were filled with smiles, and he continued to pick up food in her bowl.
Song Ruoxi put the dishes out again, "Don't pick up so many dishes for me, I can't eat them."
"Don't eat or sleep." Ye Shuhua followed suit.
Song Ruoxi looked up at him, couldn't help laughing, and cursed coquettishly: "Hate!"
After breakfast, the two went to Danning House as usual to pay their respects to the Lord of Zhaoping County. When the weather changed the day before yesterday, Ye Shuting did not pay attention and was infected with wind and cold. In the past two days, the Lord of Zhaoping County gave her away. Ye Xiaoliang was bedridden and healed, so he naturally could not come.
In the hall, except for Ye Fan and Zhaoping County Lord, there were only a few wives, Ye Shuhua and Song Ruoxi, and the hall seemed empty. The Zhaoping County Lord was nothing, Ye Fan sighed and said, "It's too deserted."
The Lord of Zhaoping was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "It will be lively in two days."
Ye Fan waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about this."
The county lord Zhaoping understood what he meant, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on Song Ruoxi's stomach, and said with a smile: "It's so fast, so don't worry."
Song Ruoxi's face turned slightly red and she lowered her head.
Ye Shuhua laughed, "Father, don't worry, it will be lively soon."
Ye Fan's eyes lit up and he laughed.
After saying a few words, when Ye Fan and his son left, the county lord Zhaoping asked Song Ruoxi, "In two days, it will be Hua'er's birthday. How are you preparing for the banquet?"
"The menu has been prepared and is about to show it to my mother." Song Ruoxi took the menu handed over by Xiangxiu, stood up and presented it to the Lord of Zhaoping County.
The Zhaoping County Lord waved his hand and smiled, "You know his preferences more than me. You can do it. I just ask, but I don't care."
"Mother, I don't know his preferences well." Song Ruoxi smiled and sat next to the Lord of Zhaoping County, "Mother, you love your daughter-in-law and help your daughter-in-law make your decisions. Don't help your daughter-in-law make your decisions, your daughter-in-law is unsure. If you mess it up, your daughter-in-law will lose face."
The Lord of Zhaoping heard this and felt comfortable. Even though she knew that Song Ruoxi was making her happy, she was very happy, with a stronger smile on her face and said, "Okay, okay, I'll help you with your ideas."
"Thank you, Mother, you are the best." Song Ruoxi continued to flatter.
The Zhaoping County Lord took the menu, looked carefully, and smiled and said, "These dishes are arranged well, so just do what you want."
"I'll feel relieved after seeing it for my mother." Song Ruoxi smiled, took the menu, and handed it back to Xiangxiu.
"You have always done your business properly, but I feel relieved." County Lord Zhaoping held her hand, smiled, and patted her gently.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted for a few more times, and Song Ruoxi said goodbye and went back.
It was a cold day, sitting on the chariot, the wind blew towards her face, and Song Ruoxi was trembling with coldness, saying, "Let go,"
"What's wrong with the young lady?" Xiang Xiu asked.
"It's so cold, I'll go back." Song Ruoxi rubbed his hands.
"I have been negligent, please forgive me for my crime." The four strong women carrying their shoulder chariots knelt down and said. It was cold, so they wanted to put wind-blocking curtains on their shoulder chariots, but they forgot.
"Forget it, pay more attention in the future." Song Ruoxi did not care about them.
"Please sit in the corridor over there for a while. I will change my shoulder chariot and come to pick up the young lady." The woman who raised the left front said.
"No need, it's time to go back and forth." Song Ruoxi had a lot of things to do today. After getting off his shoulder chariot, he was about to walk back to Shuyuyuan.
"Mrs. I'd better ask them to change their shoulder chariots. There is rain on the ground and you are not wearing wooden clogs." Qinghe reminded her.
Song Ruoxi looked down at her thin-soled embroidered shoes and frowned, "Okay, I'm waiting for you there, you guys go and go back."
Four strong women ran away with their shoulders.
Song Ruoxi took Xiang Xiu, Qinghe and the six female servants to the leeward in the corridor and sat down.
It takes some time to return to Dongyuan from Zhongyuan. I am afraid that Song Ruoxi will be bored when he is waiting, Qinghe smiled and said, "I will tell you a joke to the young lady."
"Okay." Song Ruoxi smiled.
"If I don't say it well, the young lady will also smile with her face." Qinghe smiled.
"Okay, tell me quickly." Song Ruoxi smiled.
"A rich man went to the exam. The gentleman told his father that he must have high school. But when the list was released, he did not have his name. His father was very angry and scolded the gentleman and went to ask the county magistrate for the situation. It was better for the county magistrate to come, so he transferred the paper to read it. There was a faint layer of gray mist on it, and there was no word at all. His father was very surprised and went back to ask him...Oh!" A stone from outside was thrown in and hit Qinghe.
"Who?" the attendant flew out.
Qinghe looked down and said, "Hey, what is this?"
"It seems like there is a layer of paper wrapped on it." Xiang Xiu said.
"Take it over and let me see." Song Ruoxi opened the note and saw it, "On the first day of September, at the dinner, someone will be detrimental to the young city lord."
Song Ruoxi's face changed slightly, she looked around vigilantly, crumpled the paper into a ball and squeezed it tightly in her hand.
At this time, the servant also caught an old woman with wrinkles on her face. The old woman was responsible for cleaning this area. She would not arouse others' suspicion or attention here.
"You wrote the words on this paper?" Song Ruoxi asked.
The old woman kneeled on the ground and shook her head.
To be continued...