Chapter 4 Master and Servant

　　When she heard this name, the cold hairs of her body stood up, and she felt that the cold wind of nine days poured into her cuffs and skirts, and it was so cold that it pierced her bones. She would like to regardless of the door to smash on, on second thought, "hoo" pulled open the door, cold eyes measured timidly hiding in the fat woman behind the body of the plump, skin like snow, wearing the most popular several heavy gauze clothing, clothing under the pomegranate red bibs exposed inches, hair bun combed more than a foot high beauty, "snort". "Snort" laughed, acerbic: "Rarely does sister Yutong still remember this door ...... Oh, forgiveness should call you Yutong girl is right. Forgive ah, forgive." 　　The beauty raised her slightly drooping head, a pair of black and white eyes under her long and curved moth eyebrows filled with crystal tears, she trembled her rosy lips and said, "Forgive me, why do you also say so?" 　　Jue'er circled around her, contemptuously swept a few glances above her belly, and coldly said, "What should I say if I don't say so? Should I call you aunt? You haven't lifted into an aunt yet, I'm afraid I'll get beaten if I shout." 　　The beauty covered her face and sobbed in a small voice: "Forgive me, they don't know the truth, you don't know either? I didn't do it on purpose, could it be that the young lady still refuses to forgive me?" 　　"Bah!" Jue'er spat at her and said, "How do you deserve to be remembered by the Young Lady? Something with a wolf's heart and a dog's lung! What are you doing here? Don't be a pain in the ass! Get lost!" 　　The beauty wiped her tears and said, "I came to pay my respects to the Young Lady." 　　It's to demonstrate, right? Ju'er sneered, "Don't be disgusting here. Take advantage of the fact that Sister Yu He and Mother Lin aren't here, you should hurry up and get out, or when they come you'll have to say that someone is jealous and jealous of you and is having a hard time with you." 　　The fat granny laughed: "Forgiveness girl, at least are a place out of, Yu Tong girl has made a difference, you are also glorious, pull each other everyone is better off, why this tit for tat? People will say that the young lady can't stand people. So many aunts and concubines, there is no lack of Yutong girl one, one more Yutong girl, or the young lady's help it." 　　"Say that again?" An old woman with a withered figure and wearing a green and gold skirt stood behind the fat woman with a fierce look on her face, sizing up Yutong wistfully and reaching out to grab the fat woman, "Young lady can't tolerate anyone? Did the young lady hit her or scold her? Let's go, let's ask the old madam to make a judgment!" 　　Yutong nervously looked at the granny, fearfully protecting her belly and stepped back a few steps, and said in an aggrieved manner, "Mother Lin! Don't be like this!" 　　"Mama Lin, forgiveness, the young lady asked why you are quarreling so much! It's getting more and more unruly." It was Kuan'er, another little maid from Peony's courtyard, who stood under the porch to greet the two of them. 　　Mother Lin thought about it and laughed, "Indeed there are no rules." So she threw that maid away and said, "Be careful to hold your girl Yutong, don't fall and regret it too late." With one hand, he pulled Jue'er into the courtyard door and closed it tightly. 　　As she pressed herself against the door, she heard the fat woman advise Yutong, "Miss, why don't you go back? If you get a heart attack, you'll be taking advantage of the others. Don't cry, raise the little boy down, and please the master's heart, then what do you want no?" 　　Yutong sobbed: "I really didn't mean it." 　　The fat woman impatiently said: "Okay, the door is also closed, around can not enter, you are not on purpose, no one to listen. Let's go, let's go, if something happens, the Prince will still ask me." 　　"Sister-in-law Wei, why are you saying this too!" Yutong choked and cried more and more. The sound of crying faded away. 　　Ju'er turned her head to Lin Mama and said, "Mama, this person is really shameless and has evil intentions. If she goes back crying this loudly, in the eyes of the onlookers, I'm afraid how many more gossips will be born." 　　The parrot fluttered and heard, "Gah!" Grunting and flapping its wings, it said in a strange tone, "Gossip! Gossip!" 　　"Little thing, what do you know about gossip." Peony came out, poked and prodded Fling with the handle of her fan, and said, "So let's not mess with her, if she wants to cry, she can cry by herself, and if people ask about it, it won't fall on us. Your temper, more and more like explosive charcoal, this is not good, in the future to see her to hide farther away, do not ask her to climb on your bite." 　　"What are you afraid of? Anyway, we have a lot of gossip here, so it's not a big deal for her to cry." Mrs. Lin's face was even darker than the bottom of a pot and she looked at Peony angrily with a look of hatred. 　　Peony put away her fan and leaned over to her side, smiling with a salivating face, "What's wrong with mom? Who has upset you? What kind of gossip did you hear today? Tell me?" 　　Lin mother was the nurse of He Mudan, she had no children, her heart was only devoted to Mudan, she followed Mudan here, she originally wanted to guard Mudan for Mrs. He, and protect Mudan so that Mudan could recover from her illness and live a better life, but Mudan was too pitiful, too weak and stubborn, and she could not extricate herself from the harm she had suffered at the hands of Liu Chang. I am not a good person. No matter how she tries, she can't change Peony's situation. 　　It was easy for Peony to understand more after a serious illness, and the Liu family also changed their opinion about Peony, and her situation was better, but Peony seemed to look down on everything, and looked at Liu Chang as if she didn't see him. Today, she met Yuhe halfway and heard her say that Peony had rejected Liu Chang, and then she met Yutong to demonstrate. She was so angry that she hated Peony for not fighting for her honor. 　　When Peony saw Lin's mother's sullen face and didn't say anything, she rubbed against her shoulder like a puppy, and shouted "mother" several times in a long, drawn-out voice. 　　Lin mother couldn't help but sigh, remembering how Peony always liked to lean on her side when she was a child, like a little tail, dainty and delicate, with a left "mother" and a right "mother", she called people's hearts trembling, and couldn't bear to refuse anything. Now that the NPC has grown, she still can't bear to ignore her, but thinking that she can't let Peony go on like this, she hardened her heart and said in a cold voice: "Daniang, if you still regard me as your nurse in your heart, then listen to what I have to say." 　　Peony smiled curtly and said, "Go ahead, I'll listen." It wasn't the first time she learned about Lin mother's stubbornness, at that time she had just arrived here, she had just recovered from a serious illness, she was at the stage of being ignorant, refusing to accept the status quo, hiding under the blanket and pretending to be an ostrich, it was Lin mother who dragged her out of the bed stiffly, and escorted her in front of Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Qi, forcing her to curry favor with Mrs. Qi, forcing her to face Liu Chang's concubines. After that, there were several similar incidents, all of which called her to deeply appreciate Mama Lin's stubbornness. 　　Lin mother called forgiveness of children in a side attention not to call idle people lean over, sullen face: "Once upon a time mom advised you, do not take it too seriously, do not suffer yourself, you do not listen to the daily self-seeking trouble, gave birth to that big disease, the mother and the master and wife are all scared half dead. Easy to get well, think you understand, but you are too not serious, the opportunity to send to the door to drive away, this is not a bargain for the next person? I know you have figured it out, but to get a foothold here, to protect the people around you, not like Yu Tong like a little bitch dare to find the door, you have to come up with means. What's this look? Don't lose the face of the He family!" 　　Peony knew that Lin mother, like Master He and Madam He, were superstitious that her illness was cured only after she got married to Liu Chang, and that this marriage contract was her talisman to save her life, and that even if she had a bad time, she would not agree to her divorce with Liu Chang, and therefore never dared to tell Lin mother about her idea of divorce. Then she lowered her head and meekly said, "Mom, I know everything you said, I'm just angry at the way he didn't take me seriously at that time, I'll pay attention in the future." 　　Lin mother sighed and embraced her, "I've wronged my little Daniang. If it wasn't for your illness, Master and Madam wouldn't have thought of letting you marry here, making his family feel that we are climbing up the ladder and forcing them to do so. If we were to be matched with a suitable family, why would we have to suffer this kind of anger? But you've come, you still have to live on, even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about the Master and Madam who love you." 　　Peony laughed, "I'll save myself. That's why I will dress up for the banquet tomorrow, so that I won't let them look down on me. Mom, help me think about what kind of bun I should wear tomorrow to match this outfit." In a few words, she drew mother Lin's attention away, and she excitedly discussed hair and jewelry with her. A short while later, Yu He came back with the silk thread and carried out the dress, and the master and servant discussed it seriously. 　　When the time came, Peony figured that her mother-in-law, Mrs. Qi, should be free, so she asked Yu He to hand over the unfinished work to Lin Mama, rearranged the dress and hair bun, and the two of them walked towards Mrs. Qi's courtyard with a silk bamboo umbrella. 　　The main courtyard where Mrs. Qi lived was a bit far away from Peony's courtyard, and it took a quarter of an hour to walk. Although it was early summer, the sunlight was very strong, the heat wave surged upward one after another, that is, the umbrella couldn't block the heat, not long ago, Peony and Yu He's forehead and nose were seeping out fine sweat, that is, the armpits also felt a bit damp, which made people strange and uncomfortable. 　　Yu He pointed to the wisteria frame not far away and laughed: "If you are tired, why don't you go there first to hide from the sun? When it is more refreshing, we will go again. There's nothing urgent at Madam's place anyway." 　　Peony shook her head, "No need, it's good to sweat in the sun." What's the point of walking for more than ten minutes in this kind of weather? When she wore seven centimeter high heels and walked as fast as she could in the midday sun on a three-volt day, she never lost to anyone. Now but too many good days, more and more seem to be delicate only, but delicate this thing, if you do not take yourself as a delicate person, ruthless, naturally, is not delicate up. 　　Yu He laughed, "The slave girl remembers that you used to be most afraid of the sun and sweating." 　　Peony pointed to the verdant stone intersection leading to another courtyard in front of her and laughed, "Look, we are not the only ones who are not afraid of the sun." 　　Green stone intersection out of a line of people, in the middle of a plump young woman, wearing a willow green chicken heart collar ribbed gauze shirt, bundled goose yellow high-waisted pleated skirt, pleated skirt also embroidered a pair of glittering gold partridges, combed half-turned buns, eyebrows painted as a smoky eyebrow, a full diamond mouth painted red, it is the Liu Chang that gave birth to the concubine's eldest son's favorite concubine Biwu.