Li Qingru was startled for a moment: "He said some weird things, but there were obviously no fireworks that day, but he insisted on saying that the fireworks tonight were very beautiful, which I don't understand either."
Shen Fengxu nodded slightly.
Presumably, Li Chengchuan should have noticed something strange on New Year's Eve, but it is not yet known whether he was talking about matters in Qintian Prison.
But what happened that night has passed, and it would be meaningless to pursue it any further.
Can……
Shen Fengxu was still curious about the fireworks Li Chengchuan was talking about, so he thought for a moment and said, "Next time if Miss Qingru is free, you might as well teach me how to ride and shoot."
Li Qingru responded with a smile: "Of course that's good, but I'm afraid there is no place to practice riding and shooting in Dongning's Mansion, so I want you to come to my house."
"Then thank you Miss Qingru." Shen Fengxu said, but in his heart he was thinking that if he had a chance next time, he would definitely ask Li Chengchuan.
The two chatted in the house, and after chatting with Li Qingru for a while, Li Qingru also got up and left, and Shen Fengxu sent Li Qingru all the way outside the Chuihua Gate.
After Li Qingru left, Shen Fengxu returned to Rongxue Courtyard and noticed that there was an unfamiliar little girl in the courtyard. She was standing behind Dansha. She was thin and petite. Go up and be docile and well-behaved.
Chen Fengxu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's going on?"
There were not many maids in Guiyun Courtyard. Even if Shen Fengxu couldn't recognize them by name, they were all familiar to her, but the little girl in front of her was probably not from Guiyun Courtyard.
Dansha recounted what had happened before in detail and said: "Girl, I went to the embroidery courtyard today to get back the clothes I had made before, but I found that the clothes were embroidered with crabapple flowers."
Begonia flower? Shen Fengxu frowned slightly: "Isn't that Shen Yulou's usual pattern? Why is it embroidered on my clothes?" Even though he said this, it was not a big deal in the end, and Shen Fengxu didn't take it to heart. .
"It's not that the people in the embroidery courtyard are ignorant." Dansha shook her head, and then thought that the stewards in the embroidery courtyard were so irresponsible, and she was a little annoyed. "My maidservant realized that something was wrong at that time. As a result, The embroiderers all said that the pattern was given to them by the steward, and they were just following the instructions. The maid asked the steward again, and the steward said that the steward who had returned home gave it to him. In short, they were just passing the blame and making mistakes. They don't recognize them, and I can't do anything to them."
Chen Fengxu shook his head and said: "Since we have already made a mistake in the pattern, forget it. You can just remind them so that they don't do it again next time."
Being left or right is not a big deal, not to mention that now that the second lady is in charge of the house, it is inevitable that there will be some inconsiderations. It would be too harsh to blame the people in the house for this.
"Yes, the maid has already done this, but there is one more thing..." Dansha said, pulling Chunyi over who was standing behind her, and said, "All the embroiderers in the embroidery courtyard have embroidered the wrong patterns, but She was the only one who made no mistakes in embroidery."
Shen Fengxu cast his gaze on Chun Yi: "Really?"
Dansha nodded, took out the pattern Chunyi had embroidered before, and said, "Look, girl."
Dansha unfolded the clothes in front of Shen Fengxu, and saw pear blossoms of different shades blooming on it, with appropriate shades. The color seemed to be dyed on the clothes, and slowly faded away. The embroidery work was exquisite. Lifelike.
Such embroidery workers are rare even in Dong Ningbo's house. What's more, the girl in front of her looks young, but she has such exquisite skills, which is amazing.
The other maids in Guiyun Court also gathered around and admired Chunyi's exquisite embroidery work.
Hua Qing also came around: "Why is such a good embroiderer still in the embroidery courtyard? It's such a pity."
Most of the maids who are skilled in embroidery will be promoted to be maids in the inner courtyard. A maid like Chunyi who is skilled in embroidery should not be in the embroidery courtyard.
Chen Fengxu raised his eyes to look at Chun Yi and asked, "What's your name?"
Chunyi lowered his head and said in a low voice, "My name is Chunyi. I am a pleasant spring person."
"Oh? Are you still literate?"
Chunyi nodded: "My servant has read books for several years before."
"Very good." Shen Fengxu smiled slightly.
"Huh? Chunyi? I remember that I used to be Huanyi's girl." Qingya blinked, "When Huaqing was still in Huanyi, I heard the name Chunyi. It seemed like she was new here, but Later, when the maid and Hua Qing arrived at the Rongxue Courtyard, they didn’t know what happened next.”
Chunyi bit her lip and said: "The servant girl was indeed in Huanyi at first, but later Manager Zhang felt that the servant girl's embroidery skills were acceptable, so he transferred the servant girl to the embroidery courtyard. By then, Sister Qingya would have already Went to Miss Six’s yard.”
Qingya nodded: "No wonder it looked familiar just now."
Dansha took advantage of this moment and asked: "Girl, this girl is so good at embroidery, why not promote her to the yard?"
This is an extremely common thing.
If Chen Fengxu wants a maid in the house, he can just ask the steward. Qingya and Huaqing both come to the courtyard like this. If Chunyi comes here, it will naturally not be troublesome.
What's more, Chunyi has such a superb embroidery craftsmanship and is very well-behaved and sensible. Therefore, after Dansha asked, everyone thought Shen Fengxu would agree. Chunyi also raised his head and looked at Shen Fengxu, with expectation in his eyes. Hope.
But Shen Fengxu refused without thinking: "No need, there is no shortage of embroiderers in the yard, and Qing Ya Hua Qing's embroidery skills are not bad either."
Chunyi's expectant eyes suddenly dimmed, but she didn't say anything more, she just lowered her head and gently tightened her sleeves.
The other maids were also startled.
Hua Qing saw that Chunyi was so lonely, so she comforted her: "You don't have to be so disappointed. A good embroidery worker like you is not bad in the embroidery academy."
Chunyi didn't answer, just bit her lower lip.
"Okay, Cinsha, you take her to receive the reward, and then let her go back." Shen Fengxu said calmly, and prepared to turn around and leave.
But Dansha suddenly called Chen Fengxu and said, "Girl!"
Chen Fengxu stopped and turned to look at Cinsha.
Dansha has never been a nosy person. Except for Shen Fengxu's affairs, Dansha doesn't want to pay attention to other trivial matters. But probably Chunyi is so pitiful that people can't help but feel pity for him.
So Dansha said: "Girl, Chunyi is not well-fed, not warm, and bullied in the embroidery courtyard. She has such a good embroidery skill, why not keep her here?"
Chen Fengxu couldn't help but be a little surprised that Dansha could actually speak for others? It was obvious that Dansha was looking at him with burning eyes, so Chen Fengxu smiled and said: "Well, in that case, go and talk to the manager."
Dan Sha hurriedly said: "My servant will go right away." After saying that, he hurried out.
Chun Yi stood there, seemingly shocked by the sudden good news. He didn't react for a long time. When he did, he saluted Chen Fengxu and said, "Thank you for your mercy, Miss. I will do my best in the future." Don’t let the girl down.”
"Okay, get up, go to the Embroidery Courtyard to pack your things first, and then come to Guiyun Courtyard." After Chen Fengxu said this, he waved his hand and turned back to the bedroom.
…
In Guiyun Courtyard, it was getting late.
Shen Fengxu held a book in his hand, flipped through a few pages, and suddenly asked casually: "Is Chunyi settled now?"
Dansha nodded: "It has been settled. She is now living in the room on the north side."
Hearing this, Chen Fengxu put down the book in his hand and said, "In that case, go and call Chunyi over, and I'll have a few words with her."
Although Dan Sha wondered why Shen Fengxu was interested in Chun Yi, she didn't say much and turned around to call Chun Yi.
Within a moment, Chunyi came in.
Shen Fengxu did not raise his head to look at Chun Yi, but still looked at the book in his hand. When he heard Chun Yi's greetings, he said, "Get up."
Although he said this, he still did not raise his head to look at Chun Yi, but still looked at the book in his hand.
Chunyi stood aside quietly without saying a word.
Shen Fengxu didn't mean to embarrass Chunyi, but just didn't trust Chunyi. There weren't many people in Shen Fengxu's yard, but except for Caihe, the others were all people Shen Fengxu could trust.
Rongxue Courtyard was burned down before, but no one was injured, so the people in Guiyun Courtyard were all brought here by Shen Fengxu from Rongxue Courtyard, and they were all people who knew the basics.
Only Chunyi is not.
So Shen Fengxu wanted to test Chunyi.
At this time, there was silence in the house.
Shen Fengxu slowly looked through the book, and there was only the sound of turning the pages occasionally, while Chunyi stood there with his head lowered, motionless.
The atmosphere is slightly depressing.
After Shen Fengxu finished reading the last page of the book in his hand, he slowly put the book on the table and raised his head to look at Chunyi.
Although Chun Yi lowered his head, he seemed to feel the gaze coming from Chen Fengxu, and his body trembled slightly, but he still stood firm.
Shen Fengxu then asked slowly: "Where are you from?"
"Your servant's surname is from Anzhou," Chunyi replied.
"Where are your parents?"
Speaking of this, Chunyi's head lowered: "My father is a teacher in a private school, and my mother is an embroiderer in Anzhou embroidery workshop."
"Oh?" Shen Fengxu was a little surprised, "So, your family background should be pretty good, so how did you become a servant?"
The teacher's salary should be quite generous. Chunyi is from an innocent family, so why should he sell himself into a servant?
"When my father was teaching in a private school, he accidentally offended the eldest son of the governor of Anzhou. Later, he was made difficult in every possible way..." At this point, Chunyi's tone became very desolate and sad, as if a bit of floating ice was broken, which was shocking. , "Because of this, the servant girl's family was ruined, and she was later sold to Yaxing, wandered all the way to the capital, and was sold to Dongning Bo's house."
Chen Fengxu asked some more questions in detail, and Chun Yi answered them all flawlessly, telling her past life experiences word for word without any flaws.
After Shen Fengxu asked, he said: "Okay, you go back and rest."
But Chun Yi did not leave. She took a step forward, knelt in front of Chen Fengxu, and said word by word: "My maid knows that she is new here, and Miss Six does not trust her, but my maid has no second thoughts about her." , I have absolutely no ill intentions towards the girl, please rest assured.”
Shen Fengxu smiled: "Why are you like this? Get up quickly, I'm just asking a routine question. Who wouldn't like a smart, docile and well-behaved girl like you? Go back quickly."
Seeing what Chen Fengxu said, Chunyi felt a little relieved, stood up and said, "My maid, please leave."
Seeing Chun Yi retreating, Yun Wan stood up and said, "There should be nothing wrong with this girl."
She had just listened to the conversation between Chen Fengxu and Chun Yi, and felt that Chun Yi was too miserable. She was an innocent girl, but suddenly her family was ruined, she was sold into a dental shop, she became a maid, and now she works in Dongning Bo After the palace, I was also bullied in the embroidery courtyard, which was really unbearable.
Chen Fengxu shook his head slightly and said, "I don't think so."
Yun Wan couldn't help but be surprised: "How do you say this?"
Even if Chun Yi really had some ulterior motives, judging from his performance just now, there was absolutely no problem. How did Shen Fengxu figure it out?
Chen Fengxu said calmly: "If I suddenly asked you about your life experience, would you be able to answer it so quickly?"
Yun Wan was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "This..."
It's not that he couldn't answer it, but even if he answered it, he would have to think about it for a while or at least recall it. However, Chunyi seemed to have memorized it. As soon as Shen Fengxu asked, he answered it without any hesitation.
Yun Wan didn't think there was anything wrong just now, but when Shen Fengxu said this, she felt vaguely strange.
"That's right. This girl has never been in contact with you since she came to Dongning Bo's Mansion, but she knows that you like pear flowers. Even the other embroidery ladies in the embroidery courtyard don't know." Yun Wan also showed his thoughts. color.
Shen Fengxu nodded and said, "That's right, so I'd like to trouble you to keep an eye on her from now on."
"Okay." Yun Wan responded.
…
Chunyi stayed in Guiyun Courtyard for some time.
On this day, Chunyi was walking out with embroidered cloth in her arms. When she was walking to the edge of the flower forest, she was suddenly called by someone.
Chunyi turned around, but saw no one. Only the voice came from the flower forest: "You can see me when you walk in."
Chunyi probably recognized who the speaker was, so he didn't hesitate and walked in holding the embroidered cloth.
After pushing through the flower forest, I saw a person standing in the flower forest.
Chunyi said: "Sister Qingzhi, what's wrong?"
The person standing in the flower forest is Qing Zhi.
Qing Zhi pursed her lips, her expression slightly cold, and said: "You have been in Guiyun Court for so long, and why haven't you come to me? Didn't you get any news?"
Chunyi shook her head and said: "Sixth Miss is cautious and has been watching out for the maid. The maid doesn't dare to show any flaws, so naturally she doesn't dare to see Miss Qing Zhi."
Qing Zhi frowned and said, "That's all, let's not talk about this. Please tell me first, what are the six girls' daily habits?"
Chunyi thought for a while and said: "Sixth Miss has been wary of the maid, and the maid has never had the opportunity to come into contact with the Sixth Miss."