Cai Jin quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and quickly walked down the stone steps.
The two figures were also approaching.
Cai Jin recognized the person in front of him and said with a smile, "It turns out to be Miss Qingying."
Her smile was obviously a little forced.
After all, she really couldn't bear the feeling that everyone knew her intentions, but she had to watch her intentions fail day by day.
"Tonight is New Year's Eve. Madam specially asked her maid to come and give Miss Cai something as a gift."
"I'd like to thank Miss Qingying for me and the Crown Prince's wife."
Cai Jin welcomed people into the hall while talking.
The maid behind Qingying put the things on the table, and the two left.
Cai Jin looked at the pens and ink on the table and sat weakly in the chair, feeling a dull pain in his chest.
It’s pen and ink again…
And it does seem to be quite expensive.
But did she come to Zhen Guogong Mansion to write poems and create works?
Is the crown prince’s wife, Mrs. Cui, too real-minded, or does she want to suffocate her to death?
Thinking of this, Cai Jin couldn't help but think of the scene on the first day he moved into this courtyard.
On that day, the prince's wife personally accompanied her here, and she was very flattered at the time.
Then she saw seven or eight maids and women prepared for her. One of them couldn't hold it back and said, "This would be too intrusive and would make me feel uneasy."
As soon as she said this, she saw the Crown Prince's wife look suddenly surprised, and then she said apologetically - "Miss Cai is a scholar and likes peace and quiet, but I was careless. It's all because I'm a rough person, but I didn't do it."
Considering this, please don't be offended by Miss Cai" - and then without waiting for her to explain anything, he sent all the maids and women who had been prepared back, leaving only one maid...
She knew then that she could never say any kind words in front of this family.
Previously, just because she said "I am willing to be a slave and a maid", Xu Yun actually treated her as a rough slave;
Now, because of a polite word, I ended up with only one maid to take care of a huge yard——
But this maid named Ah Li is not an ordinary girl.
When you work without thinking, when you speak, you make small expressions...that's called a yin and yang!
She had never seen such a sinister and eccentric person in her life.
She even wondered if the other party had specially studied how to speak in a manner that was yin and yang eccentric.
Thinking of this, Cai Jin couldn't help but look at the maid who was wiping the vase with a rag.
Ah Li wiped the vase clean perfunctorily, passed by the table, glanced at the pen and ink on the table, curled her lips slightly, said "tsk tsk" twice, and walked away.
The ordinary tone made Cai Jin feel dizzy.
What is she "tutting" again?
Are you mocking her for pretending?
After these days, Cai Jin, who was almost exhausted, couldn't hold back at all. He fell into the chair like a broken string. He couldn't hold back the tears anymore, lowered his head and closed his eyes.
He cried with his eyes narrowed and his mouth closed.
She is really wronged!
Suddenly, she remembered that a vulture had thrown a large amount of bird droppings into her room during the day. She felt that it was extremely unlucky to celebrate the festival, and for a while she even cried out in grief and indignation.
Ah Li looked back and looked disgusted.
This Miss Cai is really not good at it, she doesn't even dare to use it.
They say that scholars are inexperienced, but she believed it.
With such a little ability to withstand, you still want to be a spy like others do. You still need to be self-aware as a person.
Well, at this time, she had better not go up to stimulate the other party with words, and let others take it easy.
After all, it is generally more effective to deal with people after they have finally recovered and then give them a blow - the little maid who knows this well made a cruel calculation.
Cai Jin sat alone in the hall, crying all the time.
She thought she would feel better after crying hard and letting out all the grievances and hardships that she could not express.
But the fact is that the more she cried, the more pathetic she felt, and the more people in the Duke's Mansion were really scary and weird. She even began to miss the days in Yongxiang in the palace——
At midnight, a string of lively firecrackers sounded outside.
In Beijing, on New Year's Eve, people will set off firecrackers and eat Yuanxiao. The sound of firecrackers means getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, and the Lantern Festival is the hope for a happy reunion in the new year.
"Miss Cai, it's time to eat Yuanxiao."
Ah Li walked over with a bowl of Yuanxiao, glanced at Cai Jin who was hurriedly wiping away tears, sighed and was about to say something when she heard a burst of neither fast nor slow footsteps coming from outside.
Cai Jin wiped her tears for a moment - couldn't it be that just after her birthday, he made a special trip to give her the pen and ink she needed for the new year?
Ah Li quickly walked out to take a look. When she saw who was coming, she quickly stepped forward and saluted, "My maid has seen the girl."
girl?
Cai Jin's face changed slightly and he immediately stood up.
Soon a girl walked in.
The girl is tall and slender, wearing a red cloak. She looks delicate and flamboyant, but her eyes are as calm as water when they are not smiling, which makes people dare not look down upon her.
"I have something I want to talk to Miss Cai alone." Xu Mingyi came to the hall, sat down in a chair, and preached to the maids who followed.
Ah Li was a little hesitant in her heart.
The girl's violent temper, shouldn't it be a cover to talk about it alone, and beating her up alone would be the real thing, right?
But seeing that Akui had already taken the lead, she had no choice but to follow and close the door from the outside - if the girl really wanted to beat her, she might as well do it with the door closed, so that they could pretend not to know anything afterwards.
There is a decent reason.
"I wonder what Miss Xu's instructions are?" Cai Jin stood there, half-lowering her eyes, which were red and swollen from crying.
Realizing that the girl's eyes were on her face, she felt increasingly embarrassed, but she could only stand there motionless, trying not to show any more strangeness.
"I can't talk about orders. After all, Miss Cai is not a slave of my Xu family."
Xu Mingyi looked at her and said in his usual tone, "I came here just to ask what the purpose of Miss Cai's coming to the Duke's Mansion was ordered to be. Can Miss Cai explain this to me in detail?"
"..." Cai Jin's pupils trembled, and he looked up at the girl who spoke almost in disbelief.
This Miss Xu, does she know what she is asking?
If the other party's way of talking was straight to the point, then the door opened too... too fast and too fiercely. She even felt like the mountain was pressing directly on her face!
And..."is it convenient"?
——Is this a matter of convenience?!
Who are the masters in the Duke's Mansion in this town...?
