concubines are respected

Chapter 37 Suspicion
The room was filled with warmth, Suxian leaned on the brocade couch, covered with a thin silk quilt, when she saw Shujian entered, she immediately sat up straight and smiled lightly to invite him to sit down and talk, Xi'er immediately brought tea, Quietly retreated to the side to serve.

"Second sister, my grandmother gave this parrot to Shujian a few days ago. I didn't expect this parrot to be really smart. It took only a few days to learn new words. Shujian specially brought it here today. Let the second sister have fun together." Shujian excitedly hung the copper frame in his hand on the wooden frame at one end of the couch, and climbed up the half-person-high brocade couch with hands and feet, snuggling up to Suxian Beside him, there was a deep smile on the red face.

"Really, what words did the bird learn to make the second brother so happy." Suxian said softly, put her arms around Shujian's shoulders, and asked with a smile.

Shujian didn't respond, but turned to the green-colored parrot and said, "Tell me quickly, tell Second Sister quickly."

Perhaps in a strange land, the parrot not only kept silent, but fluttered its wings a little restlessly, walking back and forth restlessly on the copper frame, sometimes tilting its head, its black eyeballs kept rolling, There was a cooing sound in the throat.

"What's the matter? It was fine in the room just now, why did it stop talking when it saw the second sister?" Shujian muttered dissatisfiedly, and quickly took out a few bird food that usually teased the parrot from his arms. , spread it flat in the palm of the hand and handed it to the parrot, and continued, "But I'm hungry, eat quickly, and tell the second sister about it."

As soon as the words fell, Shujian cried out in pain, and tears welled up in his eyes, "Oh, you. How dare you peck me."

Suxian was startled, and saw that the parrot didn't peck at the bird food in Shujian's palm, but pecked hard at his delicate palm, and suddenly the red peck imprint appeared on the palm.

"What's the matter?" Suxian immediately stepped forward and grabbed Shujian's little hand, put it to her mouth and blew, and shouted anxiously, "This parrot has always been gentle, so it doesn't take long to learn It's hurting! Xi'er, hurry up, take it out of the room."

"No, Second Sister, don't take it out. It has never hurt Jian'er on weekdays. Xu is. Xu is. Xu was exposed to the air-conditioning outside just now, and he was so cold." Shu Jian saw that Su Xian ordered the parrot to be taken away. He took it out and hurriedly stopped it, although he didn't know why the parrot would behave uncharacteristically, but he really thought of an inappropriate reason, so he raised his hand to wipe the teardrops from the corner of his eyes, and said casually.

"Oh, you, you were hurt by it, and you are still talking about it, that's all, you don't have to carry it out." Suxian rubbed Shujian's red and swollen palm with heartache and anxiety, "Fortunately, the injury is not serious. , otherwise it must not be kept.”

The smell of vanilla outside the door made Shujian hurt, so he hurriedly opened the curtain and entered the room, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find ointment for him.Xi'er, who was originally low-browed and pleasing to the eye, was also startled, and followed Shujian's words, "Second Miss, maybe it is true as the Second Young Master said, this bird will lose its rules when it gets cold. This servant will warm the stove." Add enough silver charcoal in it, warm and warm."

After speaking, Xi'er took the empty willow silk charcoal basket next to the stove and hurried to the charcoal room.

At this moment, there was a crisp voice in the room, "Add charcoal, add charcoal, remember to add charcoal."

Suxian was taken aback, and looked up to the source of the cry, only to see that the parrot, which had been pacing restlessly just now, stretched its neck and raised its voice.

Shujian burst into tears when he heard the sound, and the wound on the palm of his hand didn't seem to hurt anymore, he happily said to Suxian, "Second sister, listen quickly, it has spoken, this is a new word it has learned recently."

"Hehe, I learned new words as expected. The second young master is really capable. He taught him new words in just a few days." Vanilla smiled pleasantly.

Seeing that Shujian was happy, Suxian felt a little relaxed, took the ointment presented by vanilla, gently wiped it on Shujian's palm, and said slightly annoyed, "You should be awarded for saying new words, but you won't be rewarded for pecking at our athletes." It should be punished. Just punish it and not allow it to eat tonight."

"No, Shujian doesn't allow Second Sister to punish it!" Shujian puffed up his cheeks extremely protectively, and said eagerly, "Second Sister, you don't know, it is so smart, these words are not taught by Jianer, it is itself I learned it all by myself, such a clever bird, Jian Er is not willing to punish it."

"Hehe, if that's the case, you don't have to punish it, but you have to leave this bird with me for a while to retrain it, lest it go berserk and hurt you." Suxian no longer talked with her. Shujian teased, and said with a slightly positive expression.

"Yeah. Okay, but Second Sister remembers to return the bird to Jian'er." Shu Jian glanced at the parrot on the copper stand reluctantly, and murmured reluctantly.

At this moment, the sharp voice of the third aunt came from the yard, "Jianer, Jianer, are you in the room?"

Shujian's complexion changed, and he shrunk his neck a little guilty, "Oh no, my aunt came after me again, and Jianer sneaked out while she was in the third sister's room, unexpectedly, my aunt found out. Second sister, don't make a sound and tell Jianer to hide, otherwise my aunt will keep nagging again." While speaking, Shujian quickly turned over and got down on the bed, and hurriedly put on the cloth shoes on the bed, and went to the corner of the cabinet. hide behind.

Suxian shook her head helplessly. Although Shujian was born to the third aunt, the temperaments of the mother and son were quite different. The third aunt regarded herself as an enemy, but Shujian was the closest to her. Such a tangled relationship made the It is difficult for Suxian to be caught in the middle.

Unfortunately, the voice of Xi'er who came back from fetching charcoal came from outside the room, "Go back to Third Aunt, the Second Young Master has been here for a while, and this servant is about to add some more charcoal to the fire, so as not to freeze the Second Young Master."

"What! Jianer has been here for a while?" San Yiniang's voice rose sharply, with strong annoyance, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps, and before Xiangcao greeted her out of the room, she quickly opened the curtain After entering the bedroom, he glanced coldly at the scene in the room. Although he didn't see Shu Jian hiding in the corner of the cabinet, when he touched the parrot hanging by the window, a clear look flashed in his eyes, "Jian, are you still waiting for me?" If you don't come out, if you hide again, don't blame Auntie for punishing you not to go out for half a step in the future."

"Third aunt is polite." Although Su Xian is the daughter-in-law, but third aunt is an elder, how could Suxian continue to sit on the couch, and immediately got up and went to say hello to third aunt.Perhaps because of lying down for a long time, Suxian only felt that her legs were sore and weak, and her calf could not exert any strength. If it wasn't for Xiangcao to help her in time, she might have fallen to the side of the couch.

"Second Miss, be careful." Xiang Cao worriedly supported Su Xian's elbow and whispered.

The third aunt ignored Suxian, she held the gauze and lightly covered her lips and nose, glanced at Suxian contemptuously, and let out a low and cold snort in her nose, "Huh!" Her eyes continued to search every corner of the room , suddenly saw the clothes shaking in the corner of the closet, and immediately strode forward and pulled out Shujian, who was looking depressed, "What did my aunt say, if you have time, you should study hard in the room, don't run around , why don't you listen to your aunt? Go back soon!"

After finishing speaking, San Yiniang didn't care about Suxian's expression, she took Shujian and walked out of the room, like a tornado from beginning to end, she didn't intend to stay in the room at all.Lao Gao with Shujian's pouty mouth, let San Yiniang forcefully pull him out of the room, and turned his head to look at Suxian asking for help.Suxian had no choice but to silently raise her hand and wave, then pointed to the parrot hanging by the window, her watery eyes blinked lightly.

Shujian understood, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his lips, and followed San Yiniang's pace and walked out of the room.

The originally breezy atmosphere in the room, after a while of third aunt's toss, everyone lost interest, Suxian sat back on the brocade couch a little annoyed, and murmured to herself in a broken voice, "Looking at the appearance of third aunt, could it be Worrying that I will be bad for Shujian, alas."

"My servant thinks that the third aunt has a grudge against the second young lady's ascension to the concubine, so she doesn't want the second young master to get too close to you. The second young lady should not take it to heart. Anyway, the third aunt is also the second young master's biological mother. If she wants to discipline the second young master, even the old lady has nothing to say." Xiang Cao said dissatisfiedly, and took the charcoal basket from Xi'er who had just entered the door and put it beside her, and first used the copper hook to put the charcoal basket on the stove. The engraved copper cover was raised and put aside lightly, then with the torch next to the stove, carefully picked up the silver charcoal and added to the stove, and then covered with the engraved copper cover, the warmth in the room became stronger.

The new charcoal is put into the furnace and burns immediately, and the faint smoke slowly rises through the hollow grid on the copper cover of the furnace. The parrot on the copper frame that had been quiet made a cooing sound and flapped its wings irritably.

"Hey, what's wrong with this bird, it's causing me a headache, Xi'er, take it to the back room, I want to be quiet." Suxian closed her eyes, rubbed her temples with both hands, and said impatiently.

"Yes, this servant will carry it out now." Xi'er respectfully stepped forward to pick up the copper frame, and walked towards the back room.

At the same time, Cui Ya passed Xi'er sideways with an extremely displeased face, entered the room, stood by the stove, warmed the fire with her hands spread out, and said angrily to herself, "Huh, Third Aunt is really going too far." Already!"

"What's the matter, didn't you send the scriptures to the old lady, how did you know that the third aunt was here just now?" Xiang Cao asked suspiciously.

"Of course I know. On the way back just now, I heard the third aunt holding the second young master, saying that our Yixiang Pavilion has died, and it is an unlucky place. Let the second young master not come again in the future, otherwise he will definitely get infected. Bad luck." The more Cuiya spoke, the more angry she became, her face blushed with annoyance, she stepped forward to Suxian's side and continued, "Second miss, tell me if the third aunt is going too far. Although It is true that the second lady passed away in Yixiang Pavilion back then, but the house of our Lin family is the ancestral house that has been passed down from the old man, but there is no reason why no one has died in the house left by the ancestors, let alone ordinary The official family, even the emperor's Sangong and Liuyuan, can't guarantee that no one has died in any of the palaces. What's wrong with this, San Yiniang's words like this are clearly aimed at us at Yixiang Pavilion. The servants see that she wants us to fall It's not good to go!"

Cuiya was in a hurry, and she spoke for a long time before she stopped.

Seeing that Suxian didn't say a word, but her face was obviously worried, Xiangcao immediately stepped forward and said comfortingly, "Second Miss, Third Aunt has always been against us, you don't have to take her nonsense to heart, just ignore her."

Su Xian was silent for a long time, as if she was thinking about something, she suddenly said in a low voice, "No, I always feel that San Yiniang's words are not random words, maybe there is something tricky about it." Su Xian waved her hand to signal the two of them to come closer to talk , the three masters and servants gathered together, and Suxian said in a low voice, "I think that the third aunt tried her best not to let Shujian come to play in my room, not just because she hated me, but because of other reasons." .”

"Ah! What's the reason?" Vanilla lowered her voice and asked urgently.

(End of this chapter)