Ordinary clear day

Chapter 147
Shu Ning took a quick look at the situation in the store, and sure enough, there were two men blocking the boss who was still asleep, and two more guarding the door, so she put down the book calmly, took a step back, and saluted: " Fifth elder brother is well."

Seeing this, the fifth elder brother smiled wryly: "You...you don't have to be so polite." Shuning was unmoved, and asked with a low eyebrow, "Why is the fifth elder brother here?" The fifth elder brother replied: "I'm here I asked for a scripture book for the emperor's grandmother in the White Pagoda Temple, and I didn't know you were here until I saw your servants, so... I came here to ask for something."

"I don't know what's the matter?"

"This..." Fifth Prince paused, not knowing how to start, so he organized his words in his mind.

Shu Ning waited for a long while, but she didn't wait for him to snort. Although she didn't show her face, she was a little impatient in her heart. She glanced outside the shop, Su Xin already realized that something was wrong, she was jumping anxiously at the door, but was caught by the two The guards blocked the entry.

After a lot of difficulty, the fifth elder brother finally organized what he wanted to say. The general idea is: He is currently practicing in the army, and he is living in the barracks. He rarely comes back to the capital. Before that, I managed to squeeze out time to visit the Earl's Mansion, but I couldn't see Wanning, only Wanning's mother and elder brother.

While listening, Shu Ning wondered, could it be that the eldest aunt Nala wanted to portray her daughter as a decent girl?Then I heard the fifth elder brother say: "I accidentally met Lingjie's maid in your mansion. I heard that Lingjie is not doing very well and has suffered a lot. I can't find out the details. I'm so anxious, I don't know how she is now?"

Shu Ning said plainly: "Second sister is fine, she was just learning the rules before, and now the teacher has left. Fifth elder brother, don't worry."

The fifth elder brother was overjoyed, paused, took out a letter from his pocket, and said, "Thank you, Miss Shuning, for telling me. Yin Qi is taking the liberty to ask you to help deliver a letter, but as a friend, I just want to send you a letter." A few words of concern and comfort to Sister Ling have no other meaning, can the girl..."

Shu Ning stared at the slightly frayed letter with black lines, thinking that the fifth elder brother and Wan Ning were really a couple, and they would find her to be the postman by coincidence.But last time it could be said to be a gift for others, this time it is a real "love letter". Even though it is under the guise of "friendship", in the eyes of others, it is still a love letter.This is clearly a bomb, and it will be bad luck if it touches it.Ever since Wanning got caught in the purse matter last time, she had already made up her mind that she would never touch Wanning's "love affair", let alone this time, she was helping an outsider to deliver things.

In a flash of thought, she had already made up her mind, so she straightened her face and said sternly: "Fifth elder brother's words are wrong! Don't you know that such private giving and receiving is the biggest taboo in the boudoir?! You want me to go Doing such a thing, but who do you think I am?!"

The fifth elder brother blushed, and argued: "I don't mean anything else, just to say hello..." He was brought up under strict discipline, but under the influence of Wanning, he already knew how to be flexible in doing things, but he also Knowing that this matter is not in accordance with the rules and etiquette, so once Shu Ning dismissed it sternly, he felt very ashamed.

Shuning put on an awe-inspiring look, and said: "You don't need to say any more, I'll just pretend that I have never seen you today, please go back." After thinking about it, Wan Ning slowed down her voice and said: "If the fifth elder brother really has the heart, why don't you ask the palace for an order? Now, what's the point of giving and receiving the white dragon fish clothes in private?" The fifth elder brother was silent, just Can watch her call the maid to leave, for a long time, let out a long sigh helplessly.

After Shuning came out, she was in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Wu Wu is a good boy, as long as she shows her morality, she can persuade him to leave. If it were someone else, she might not be so easy to talk to.

Hurriedly returning to the temple through the side door, Suxin breathed a sigh of relief, and apologized to Shuning, saying that she should not have persuaded the girl to go out, let alone leave her side.But Shuning said indifferently: "It has nothing to do with you. They came out of the temple. We have already placed orders. Even if they stay in the temple, they will still come to you." She paused and lowered her voice: "Just pretend that this incident never happened. Don't tell others. If anyone asks, just say that we went shopping in the temple by ourselves." Suxin replied "Yes" in a low voice.

It's not a good thing to spread such a thing, and she doesn't know what Wanning thinks, it's better to keep it a secret.As for Wuwu, he probably wouldn't spread this kind of thing around.However, the most regrettable thing is that the book just now came out without buying it in a hurry. She was turning to the part of the upper mountain just now, which is near the other courtyard.

Shu Ning took Su Xin and wandered along the main hall for a while, when they met a monk in the temple taking a family of officials to visit the White Pagoda, they followed them, visited again, and then returned to the quiet room where Fang Ning and the others were staying .Mrs. Sitara has returned.

Fang Ning asked: "Where have you been? Why have you been there for so long?" Shu Ning said with a smile: "I just walked around casually, and I just heard someone introduce the origin of the White Pagoda. It's interesting." Then she sat opposite her When she got down, she happened to see that the ivory hairpin on Fangning's head was gone, replaced by a white jade hairpin, which seemed to be the one that Mrs. Shu Mulu had originally worn on her head.Fang Ning found what Shu Ning was pointing at, blushed a little, and lowered her head again.

At this time, an old monk brought two young novice monks in. After saying hello to the wives and girls, they started chatting.Shu Ning recognized this old monk as the abbot of the monastery, and he seemed to be familiar with the two wives, although he was already in his seventies and eighties, he was still in good health and his words were funny.It's just that what he said were all stories about believers who did good deeds and got good rewards. Others heard them with great interest, but Shu Ning felt a little bored, so she called Su Xin over and gave some quiet instructions, Su Xin took the order to go up.

Not long after, Yihai came and wanted to send the female relatives back.When they came to the gate of the mountain, they found that Fang Ning and Shu Ning's maid had disappeared, Shu Ning hurriedly said: "I asked the girl to fetch two Buddhist scriptures back, and she will probably be back soon." Just as she was talking, Su Xin came back, Holding a small package in his hand, it can be seen that the package is a book.Mrs. Sitara didn't take it seriously, and asked someone to look for Chunyan. After about half a stick of incense, she saw Chunyan rushing towards her.Fang Ning felt a little ashamed, so she reprimanded softly: "I didn't see you when I was talking just now, you must be running around again for fun, come here soon." Chunyan didn't say anything, just lowered her head and helped Fang Ning get into the car.

Sister Shuning still took Mrs. Xitara's big carriage, and when they arrived at the big archway, they bid farewell to Shu Mulu's mother and son, and then returned to the Earl's Mansion.Mrs. Sitara entered the mansion and greeted Nalashi, then left. Nalashi called Fangning and Shuning to go to the room and asked them about their trip.

Fang Ning was embarrassed, but just bowed her head and did not speak, Shu Ning helped to answer, saying that the two wives liked Fang Ning very much, Nalashi was relieved, and began to teach Fang Ning again.

Wanning who was present listened for a while, then sat next to Shuning, and asked with a smile: "Third sister, did you have a good time today? I wonder if you met any special people...things in that temple?"

Shu Ning's hairs stood on end when Wan Ning sat down, and when she heard this, her heart tightened. Did Wan Ning know about the fifth elder brother's message?But he replied in his mouth: "It's just a casual stroll in the temple. The place is quite big, and my feet are weak from walking. But the white pagoda in the temple is said to be hundreds of years old, which is very interesting." .”

Wanning didn't think the pagoda was interesting, and didn't pay much attention to Shuning's answer, thinking that she was confused. It was a coincidence that Shuning and Fangning were visiting Buddhist temples. meet?I didn't ask any more questions.

Back in Huaiyuan, Suxin delivered the small package, Shuning saw that it was indeed the travel book, so she happily asked Suxin to collect the money, and added two cents of her hard-earned money.Su Xin thanked her with a smile, and said: "The owner of that bookstore is very interesting. When I went to buy books, I heard a customer call him 'Stone', and he actually answered. I've never heard of someone with such a name. Really interesting."

Shuning also found it interesting, remembering that she hadn't read many books in the store, so she planned to visit again sometime.

All night.The next day, Shu Ning made some snacks and wanted Fang Ning Xu Xu to come over to have a taste, so she asked Su Xin to invite her.Suxin went away for a full quarter of an hour before she came back and said, "The eldest girl said that she has something to do now and she can't come, and so does the cousin girl. She said please don't take offense."

After finishing speaking, she looked left and right for no one, then stepped forward and whispered in Shuning's ear, "It's lively in the bamboo courtyard, it seems that Chunyan made some mistake, the eldest wife will punish severely, even the eldest girl and The cousin girl didn't dare to intercede. I heard from others that it seems that Chunyan sent a letter to the second girl on behalf of someone from outside, and was reported by the second girl."

Shu Ning frowned, looked at Su Xin, Su Xin nodded, and spoke even softer: "It's the master from yesterday. When I bought a book and walked back, I saw Chun Yan talking to a man, I only saw the back, but look The clothes on his body should be him."

It seems that the fifth elder brother saw that he was unwilling to help, so he turned to others.Among the people in the Earl's Mansion who went out yesterday, his own master and servant refused to help him. Fang Ning stayed with the wives all the time, and the other rough servants who followed the car couldn't enter the inner courtyard. It seemed that Chunyan was playing in the temple. Met five princes.It's just that Chunyan helped send the letter, why did Wanning report on her?Aren't you afraid that no one will help her in the future?
How could she guess what Wanning was thinking?
Ever since she took over the two chores, Wanning has been taking care of them seriously for a period of time. She caught a few family members who were rich in private pockets, let Nalashi praise her, and gave her a few more chores, including shopping. .Wanning excused that most of the servants in the family love to take advantage of the master's family, so she promoted Fang Qing, her confidant, to take up the job of purchasing, and then secretly ordered him to inquire about the information she needed.

Probably because the eldest daughter of the fourth elder brother passed away a few days ago, many people knew about it, and some stories about Baylor's mansion were spread. Wanning finally knew that the fourth elder brother would go to the Buddhist temple to offer incense and worship Buddha every month. And he will go to Yunju Temple in Fangshan every three or two months. Judging from the date of his last visit, he may go there again in the next month or so.

With more definite news, she began to plan.It is said that the three-bedroom courtyard is only more than ten miles away from Yunju Temple, so it is the best way to live there.But now Nala family doesn't even allow her to go out, so how could he allow her to go to Fangshan?She was worrying, but when Chunyan slammed into the door, she had a plan in her mind.

Wu Wu was not what she wanted, and Nala would not spread the word if she knew about it, so naturally it would not do any harm to Wu Wu.And Chunyan has always been a girl with big eyes and big eyes. Since Fangning got engaged, she has hinted to Qiaoyun several times that she wants to be transferred to serve the second girl. Such a dishonest girl should be punished.So she handed the letter to Nala, asking her mother to punish Chunyan, and at the same time to show that she has become a decent lady and will no longer do stupid things.

As expected, Nala was very angry, beat Chunyan several times, kicked her out, and waited to be married.Concerned about Fang Ning's reputation, she said to the public that Chunyan was restless, lazy, and had no master in her eyes, and then picked two other maids to serve Fang Ning.In this way, not only did everyone say that her aunt treated the concubine kindly, but even the servants of the family showed a little more respect to Fang Ning.

It's just that Nala felt a little headache for the fifth elder brother who only pestered his daughter in private, but didn't know how to ask for orders in the palace, and was worried that letting the fifth elder brother associate with his daughter would be bad for her daughter's reputation. Offend the nobles in the palace.At this time, Wanning said that she wanted to move to Baoding Zhuangzi to live for a while, to avoid the fifth elder brother, and then move back home when the fifth elder brother returned to the barracks.

Nala felt that Baoding was too far away, and there was no elder to take care of him, so he refused to agree.Wanning persuaded her for a long time, and seeing her mother refused to let go, she said "the next best thing" and said that she would simply stay in Fangshan Bieyuan for a while, because it was close to Beijing and had elders to take care of her, so both Fangning and Xuxu would go. Yes, and well.Nala thought it was a good idea, but she still had doubts in her heart, she was silent in thought, but she didn't notice a tricky smile on her daughter's mouth.

The commotion in the big room didn't have any impact on the third room, Shu Ning pretended to be watching a play, and still lived her own life.Soon, Zhang Bao received the news that Mr. Su had released Huimin county magistrate in Shandong, and he was about to take office soon.Before leaving Beijing, Mr. Su specially went to Earl's Mansion to bid farewell to Zhang Bao's family, and sent over the house deed. After Zhang Bao accepted it, he sent a family member to take care of it in the small courtyard, and let it out for rent according to the method discussed in advance. .The "uncle" of the Su family had no choice but to give up, and took the 100 taels of silver gifted by Mr. Su to find another residence with his family.

Then two days later, news came from the court that the royal envoy's reference to Chen Liangben had been exposed, and for a while, public opinion became unfavorable to Chen Liangben.

The charges against Chen Liangben by the imperial envoy were: not repairing the curtains, not being strict in running the family; The concubine is entangled with the people in the green forest.These crimes are not big or small.Some people privately discussed that because of the severe drought in many places in the south of the Yangtze River last year, when the imperial court distributed disaster relief funds and food, Chen Liangben was too tight-handed and blocked many people's money, so he was taken the opportunity to retaliate.What's more, many people think that as a Han Chinese, he has accumulated virtues in his ancestors when he entered the study room. Now he is still the governor of Jiangnan, sitting in the most affluent place in the world.

Fortunately, the emperor knew that Chen Liangben had important responsibilities in the south of the Yangtze River, so he wanted to make the big issue smaller, but there are always people with short-sightedness in the world.In a few days, not to mention the few officials who had good friends with Chen Liangben, even a member of the Chen faction like Yuheng who was born in a Manchu aristocracy suffered a bit.

Zhang Bao was not implicated because Xianfu was at home and was related to the Tong family, but seeing this situation, he also planned to go back to Fangshan to avoid the limelight.It's just that Tong Shi still wants to stay in the earl's mansion as the housekeeper, and they can't leave. After discussing with each other, the two husband and wife decided to let Shu Ning and Zhang Bao go back, and Duan Ning stay with Tong Shi.On the one hand, this is due to the fact that Duanning's studies are getting tighter. On the other hand, Shuning has been managing things well recently, so she should be able to take good care of her father.

After Shu Ning knew her parents' decision, although she was a little bit sad, she was happy to be able to go back "home", so she hurriedly asked someone to prepare.At this time, Xu Xu just came to play. Hearing the news, he hesitated for a moment, then went to Tong Shi, and asked with some embarrassment if he could go with him.

Although Mrs. Tong was a little surprised, she only thought that Xuxu felt restricted in the mansion and wanted to go to Fangshan to relax, so she readily agreed to talk to Mrs. Nala.

But when Mrs. Tong mentioned this to Mrs. Nala, the latter pondered for a moment and asked Wanning to go with her.

I don't know what Nala said, but when Shuning heard the news, Tong had already agreed to her request, which surprised Shuning.

Seeing her daughter's bitter face, Mrs. Tong smiled: "Why are you putting on such a strange look? Because Erniang promised to let the second girl go to another courtyard? What are you worried about? It's our family's place." Here, you are the master, and the second girl only brought a few people there, what can I do to you? Besides, you, Ama, are still here."

Shu Ning thinks about it too, when she arrives at her own place, she can't tolerate Wan Ning messing around, if she acts rashly, someone will report to her at any time, and she doesn't have her parents to support her, even if she goes out, she needs her own father and daughter The two nodded.The mountain dwelling is quiet, and Wanning may feel fresh after living in it for a day or two, but after a long time, how can she endure it?It must be too much to take and leave soon.

Thinking of this, she felt better at last, but when she thought about having to face Wanning every day, and having to deal with the tricks that the other party thought up from time to time, she couldn't feel better.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Tong persuaded her sternly: "Emiang knows that you don't want to associate with the second girl, but I think your behavior in the past is just hiding words. You know, people like us, when we communicate with relatives and friends on weekdays, it is inevitable that we will meet. One or two characters you can't see, if you only know how to hide, others will think you are easy to bully. You have to be patient and get along with the second girl for a few days. You don't have to get angry with her, but you must always let her know that you are not good. It's easy to bully, so she won't dare to provoke you again."

Shu Ning bowed her head in conviction and obediently agreed.But in a flash, she thought of another question, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat: "Emiang, if the second sister lives in another courtyard, what will the fourth elder brother do when he comes? Does the second sister have some thoughts about that young master?"

Tong Shi smiled slightly: "What are you worried about? Er Niang and your elder brother are not here, even if the fourth elder brother goes to Fangshan, he will not come to our house. Besides, he has just finished his heartbreak and is about to get married. How could he be in the mood to run away?" Go far away to worship the Buddha?"

Shu Ning thought about it, and laughed along with her mother.

At the same time, Wanning, who was notified by her mother, also smiled triumphantly in the room.

(To be honest, I originally planned to break the chapter when Nala proposed to let Wanning go to Fangshan, but I thought it would be bad for me to whet my appetite, so I wrote a few hundred more words...cough coughcough...Actually... I’m still very HD~~~)

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