Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 73

"Miss Xiao, be careful." The coachman got out of the carriage immediately after stopping the carriage, took out the step stool and put it beside the carriage.

Xiao Wenqing got off the carriage calmly and slowly, stood by the carriage and looked up at the mansion.On the left and right sides of the mansion are half-person-high stone lions, which are majestic but not overbearing. On the tall door plaque with red letters on a black background is written Liu Mansion, and the black lacquered gate has a brass knocker.

Instructing the concierge Ding Haosheng to entertain the plainclothes guards he brought, Ling Yuxuan politely said: "Miss Xiao, please come with me." As he spoke, he led Xiao Wenqing up the stone steps, across the threshold, and around the screen wall , into Hanlin Mansion.

The housekeeper of Hanlin Liu's Mansion immediately greeted the distinguished guest when he heard of the visit.

"Fourth Uncle, my wife has been waiting for you for a long time." The housekeeper with a tuft of beard on his lips said respectfully.This uncle visited Madam yesterday and had a long talk with Madam.

Ling Yuxuan nodded slightly, turned to Xiao Wenqing and said, "Miss Xiao, this is Steward Xia of the Hanlin Mansion. Steward Xia, this girl's surname is Xiao, and her father was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Kangqing, and was once the county magistrate of Changxing."

Steward Xia immediately bowed his hands to Xiao Wenqing, and said, "Miss Xiao." The fourth uncle is always busy with business, so this lady can be carefully introduced and entrusted to take care of his wife, she must be his beauty.

Xiao Wenqing bowed her body, keeping an elegant and quiet smile on her face.

Since Ling Yuxuan is Mrs. Hanlin's younger brother, Housekeeper Xia invited Ling Yuxuan into the backyard while sending someone to report quickly.

Behind the hanging flower gate where outsiders stop, there are lush flowers and trees in the garden, winding corridors, green koi playing in the pond, and several small and exquisite pavilions looming among the rockery and green trees, which is a beautiful and quiet house.

"The fourth uncle is here, the fourth uncle is here." Several maidservants in Hanlin Madam's Court were sitting in the cool and airy corridor working as maids. When they saw Ling Yuxuan, Xiao Wenqing and the two women in charge of the backyard coming in, they all got up to greet them, and then Go in and tell your wife.

"Fourth Uncle, please come in." A maid opened the bamboo curtain to let Ling Yuxuan and Xiao Wenqing in. "Master Fourth Uncle, it's cool inside." The maid inside bowed to welcome them, and then led them into a closed main room next door.

A cool air came towards him, and Xiao Wenqing immediately saw a large copper basin on the left and right corners of the main room, and some ice cubes were floating in the water in the copper basin.

"Xuanyu, you're here." The 37-year-old lady with phoenix eyes, who was sitting on the arhat chair and waving a round fan, got up to greet her, looked Xiao Wenqing up and down, and said with a smile, "It's really beautiful, quiet and pleasant." Yesterday afternoon , her younger brother braved the heat to visit her and begged her to help take care of a girl, and she knew that this girl was very important to him.

Ling Yuxuan immediately introduced: "Sixth Sister, this is Xiao Wenqing, Miss Xiao, whose father was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Kangqing, and was once the county magistrate of Changxing."

He said to Xiao Wenqing again: "Miss Xiao, this is my sixth sister, the wife of Xueshi Liu in Hanlin.

"Mrs. Liu is blessed." Xiao Wenqing stepped forward two steps, full of blessings.Mrs. Liu is wearing a high bun like a cloud, with a white jade butterfly hairpin inserted obliquely on the top of her head, and a pearl walker inserted on the right side. She is wearing a light green light robe on her upper body and a moon-white pleated skirt on her lower body.Her face is like a full moon, and her body is round, which makes people feel gentle and tolerant.

Mrs. Liu Ling of Hanlin immediately helped Xiao Wenqing up, and said with a smile, "Miss Xiao, you are welcome." She asked Ling Yuxuan and Xiao Wenqing to sit down, and asked the maids to serve the uncle and the young lady brought by the uncle. plum tea.

"Sixth Sister, Miss Xiao's father died early, and she and her mother and younger brother were unfortunately separated from them when they returned home while carrying the coffin, and were kidnapped and sold as maids of other people's family." Ling Yuxuan said.He didn't hide this from his sixth sister.

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "You told me yesterday. I sent someone to clean up the Guixiang small courtyard to the west of me yesterday. Miss Xiao can live in as soon as she comes over."

Mrs. Liu Ling of Hanlin is the sixth daughter of Ling Xiangguo's concubine, and the successor of Liu Shaohan, a scholar of Hanlin Academy.Husband-in-law Yuan's wife died of dystocia, leaving behind a son. She was a loyal and virtuous person. After she gave birth to a son-in-law, she still asked Hongru to teach the eldest son.The eldest son of Hanlin also respected his stepmother when he grew up, and even asked his stepmother about some family matters.Because she is virtuous and kind, and the family atmosphere is very scholarly, so Ling Yuxuan specifically asked her to take care of Xiao Wenqing who didn't have much contact with her on weekdays.

Mrs. Liu is indeed a kind person.

Xiao Wenqing lamented that he had met a kind and noble person again, and at the same time got up and leaned over to Mrs. Liu, "Wenqing has caused trouble for Mrs. Liu."

Mrs. Liu immediately smiled and said: "No trouble." She looked carefully at Xiao Wenqing, but saw that she was combing her hair into a bun, with two golden hairpins inlaid with pearls inserted in her bun, and a goose-yellow gauze palace flower, tender and tender. She wears a pair of milky white pearl earrings on her ears, and a pearl necklace and pearl bracelets of the same color on her slender pink neck and wrists; Qiong's nose is straight, her lips are pink, and she looks like a beautiful girl.This woman has an elegant demeanor and a quiet demeanor, she doesn't look like someone who has been a maid for many years, but a well-educated daughter of a scholar.

"Sixth Sister, I'm sorry to trouble you. After a while, if I have time, I will personally escort Miss Xiao back to her hometown to find relatives." Ling Yuxuan clasped his hands and said.

Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and said, "Miss Xiao is on my side, you can rest assured." She had already guessed what my younger brother was thinking.Miss Xiao has been a servant girl of other people's family for several years, and she doesn't necessarily understand what a lady of an official family should know. If she is known by their mother, the prime minister's wife, it is absolutely impossible to enter the Ling family.

(End of this chapter)