Chapter 71 Confused
Although Meng Qi disliked Meng Juan very much, he could not always confront her due to Wang's advice. At this time, the three young ladies of the Meng family were walking around the stone tablet and entering the corridor of the pine forest. Looking at Meng Juan and Meng Xiu chatting and laughing in front, Meng Qi felt more and more bored and walked slower and slower. In the end, he simply followed behind with Yuanyue, Wanxiang and two maids.
Suddenly, a snow-white pigeon fluttered over and landed on a pine branch one step away from Meng Qi, looking around with its two black eyes as big as yellow beans.
"Oh, it's so beautiful!" Meng Qi cheered and ran towards the pigeon. It was also the first time for Yuan Yue and Wan Xiang to see such a beautiful pigeon. When they saw Meng Qi was about to catch it, they stood still.
Meng Qi leaned forward and was about to reach out her hand when someone yawned behind her. The pigeon spread its wings and flew up, but landed on a branch on the other side.
Meng Qi looked back angrily at the people who were following her, and everyone lowered their heads. "Don't make any noise, and don't follow me. Do you hear me?" Meng Qi said viciously, and the servants nodded quickly.
Meng Qi turned around and walked towards the pigeon. Just when she was about to touch it, it flew up again. It seemed to be playing a game with Meng Qi, but it didn't fly far away. When it saw Meng Qi coming, it flew to another place. Meng Qi was so excited that she made up her mind to catch it, so she started to circle around several pine trees.
At first, the servants were afraid that something might happen to Meng Qi, but when they saw that she was just walking around the tree, they relaxed their vigilance. The forest was a small slope, and Meng Qi followed the pigeon, looking up at the sky, not paying attention to her feet. When she turned around the thickest tree and was about to catch it, she slipped and fell down the small slope.
Meng Qi felt as if she was sitting on a straw mat, sliding down the slope in one breath. Fortunately, she landed in a low depression with some dry pine branches. After she stopped, she felt a severe pain all over her body. She looked up and thought it would be difficult to climb up. But she couldn't scream at the top of her lungs, so she just sat down in the pile of pine branches and waited for the servants to come and find her.
"Xiaobai, you bad guy, where have you gone?" Suddenly a clear male voice came, accompanied by footsteps, getting closer and closer. Meng Qi looked up and saw the snow-white pigeon just now perched on the branch above her shoulder, combing its feathers.
Before Meng Qi had time to think about what to do, a man dressed in snow-white walked into her sight.
He was very handsome, with a feminine beauty, a pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to be born with a smile, and a slender figure, looking to be in his early twenties. He was wearing a white brocade robe and a white cloak.
When the man saw Meng Qi, he was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and reached out to Meng Qi.
Meng Qi sat there motionless, as if she had forgotten to breathe. She only saw the young man's hand getting closer and closer to her, and her heart was pounding.
When the boy's hand was only one foot away from her face, Meng Qi felt that her breathing was about to stop, and she quickly closed her eyes. Suddenly, she heard a cooing sound in her ear. She opened her eyes and saw that the snow-white pigeon was now standing on the boy's arm, very well-behaved and obedient.
"Why are you here, young lady? Where are your servants?" After the young man withdrew his hand, he said to Meng Qi with a smile.
Only then did Meng Qi come to her senses. It turned out that the boy was reaching out to catch his pigeon.
Meng Qi quickly stood up and shook off the pine sawdust on his body. "I saw this pigeon up there just now. I thought it was beautiful, so I wanted to catch it and play with it for a while. I didn't expect it to lead me here. I fell from there." Meng Qi said, raising his hand and pointing upwards.
The young man looked up, smiled and said, "In that case it is Xiaobai's fault. This little guy is always playing tricks on people. I am its owner, and I would like to apologize to the girl on its behalf." After saying that, he bowed deeply.
Meng Qi half-moved away and returned the greeting with a red face.
"Oh, girl, your hand is bleeding." The young man said as he took out a towel from his arms and pulled Meng Qi's hand without saying a word. He carefully cleaned the pine sawdust on it and then wrapped it up.
Meng Qi let the boy wrap her up like a doll, until she heard the voice of the fourth young lady calling from afar.
The young man smiled slightly and said, "I guess it's the girl's family who came to find you. I'll take my leave now." After that, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Hey~ I, I am the youngest daughter of the prince of Huainan Marquis's mansion."
The young man turned around and looked at Meng Qi with amusement, "So you are the noble lady of the Huainan Marquis' Mansion. My name is Hongzhe. See you later." After saying that, he turned around and strode away.
After Meng Qi was pulled up, she told Yuan Yue and Wan Xiang fiercely not to tell anyone about her fall. The two maids and the maid kept nodding their heads. If Song Shi knew that Meng Qi had slipped down the hillside, Yuan Yue and Wan Xiang would be severely punished even if they could keep their jobs. Now that Meng Qi asked them not to tell anyone, how could they disagree?
At this moment, Meng Qi, who was sitting on the kang, had her mind filled with the fox-like smile of the young man named Hong Zhe.
Judging from his conversation and clothing, he must be the son of a prominent family. He is not very old, but I don’t know if he is married or engaged. When Meng Qi thought of this, her face turned even redder.
Ten days after returning from Hongluo Temple, Su Qing was called to Liu's room by her mother.
"It was the wife of the Crown Prince of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion who said that to our Crown Prince's Lady. How could the Crown Prince's Lady refuse her? Go back and pack your things. The carriage from the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion will come to pick you up tomorrow." Mother Liu gave the instructions one by one.
Su Qing was still confused, wasn't he? Was there no one in the Yong'an Marquis's mansion? Did he need to borrow a maid from another family to coax a child? Just because he coaxed a group of children in the first month of the year?
The more Su Qing thought about it, the more he felt that things should not be that simple. However, as a servant, his actions were arranged by his master, so he had no right to ask any more questions.
"Yes, but I don't know how many days I will be gone?"
"They didn't say, but it won't be too long. If you feel anything is wrong, just send a message back. There's just one thing, after all, it's someone else's house, so even if there are some imperfections, just make do with it, understand?"
Su Qing nodded in agreement, but her mind was still unclear when she returned to the house. The Yong'an Marquis's Mansion was really interesting. They wanted to borrow her for a few days, saying that some relatives' children were coming to visit, and asked her to tell stories to the young masters and look after the children at the same time.
Su Qing was packing her clothes while laughing at herself, thinking that this could be considered as increasing her popularity, as she was now getting some paid performances.
Although he was not very willing, he had to go. Also, fortunately, the Yong'an Earl's Mansion was quite reasonable and paid his wages in advance. The five taels of silver were still very attractive.
"That's great, you can still visit the Yong'an Earl's Mansion." Chuan'er said enviously.
"how?"
"Don't underestimate it because it's the Bo's house. I heard that the house is very beautiful and their spring banquet every year always has the most people."
"It's not spring yet." Su Qing said with a smile
“It’s just as beautiful in winter.”
"When I'm not here for a few days, you and Cai'er are not allowed to eat secretly, okay?" Su Qing reached out and touched Chuan'er's forehead, causing Chuan'er to pretend to hit her, and the two of them laughed together.