Chapter 1080: Encounter in the Gengzi Juan Garden
I have to say that the decline of the Jia family has become more and more obvious in recent years.
This can be felt from the attitude of these servants towards outsiders.
Look at the flattering gestures they made towards me today. Although there is a special relationship between themselves and the Jia family, a young man can easily enter and leave a place like the Grand View Garden, which is almost exclusively a place for women. You can know something about it.
You must know that there are not only girls such as Baochai, Baoqin and Daiyu who can be regarded as related to him, but also Yingchun, Xiangyun, Tanchun, Xichun and Xiuyan, who can only be regarded as family friends with him. Innocent women, and even widows like Li Wan who need to draw a strict line with themselves.
Looking at their behavior, both male and female servants appeared to be at ease and at ease, which shows that this formerly strict moral code is slowly but irreversibly loosening.
Maybe in a few days, the embroidered spring bag incident will be staged in the Jia family. It may not be whoever is in the book "Dream of Red Mansions". This is not important, but the overall decline in the spirit, vision, structure and status of the entire Jia family. The malaise and laziness caused by this caused the servants to naturally relax their demands.
However, Feng Ziying is naturally not qualified to give any advice now. She is even a beneficiary of this situation. For example, he can now enter and leave the Grand View Garden with great swagger, drink and have fun in Yihong Courtyard at night, and even sleep with a woman quietly at night. In the boudoir, I'm afraid no one knows, or in other words, no one interferes if they know.
Ten years ago, this would have been unthinkable.
She sighed a little in her heart, but Feng Ziying still had a smile on her face and walked in coolly.
"Mr. Xia, why, didn't you say that no one can enter?" A doorman said cheerfully: "Usually when we take a step in, you are always black-faced, why are you almost pouting today when Uncle Feng comes? Did you let him step on your back and enter the door?"
"Bah! Feng San, why don't you urinate and take a look at yourself? Do you deserve the surname Feng?" Mrs. Xia looked disdainful and almost spat on Feng San's face, "Who is Uncle Feng? Today Even if the two masters and ancestors are here, they will still smile and let Uncle Feng in! Miss Bao is about to enter the Feng family, and it will only be a matter of time for Miss Lin. Uncle Feng goes in to take a look. Who can stop me?"
"Besides, what does Uncle Feng do? Not to mention the Grand View Garden, even if it is forbidden by the imperial palace, he has entered it countless times. I didn't hear that Uncle Feng was invited into the palace to reward him as soon as he returned to Beijing. , I’m afraid your family has never even heard the voice of Lord Long Live in their entire lives, how can you compare with Uncle Feng?”
"Yes, yes, Granny Xia, I was wrong. I shouldn't have teased you. According to what you said, even Uncle Feng in the capital city will be able to survive." Feng San was not annoyed, and said with a smile on his face.
"Hey, don't tell me. Uncle Feng is currently serving as an official in Yongping Mansion. He may return to Shuntian Mansion to serve as an official in two years. Do you think he will go to the capital city?" Mrs. Xia became more and more eloquent at this time.
Feng Ziying naturally did not expect that the servants at the gate of the Grand View Garden were discussing whether he could walk in the capital city, but now it is true that he can indeed walk in the Grand View Garden.
As soon as you enter the garden gate, you will reach the main road. In October, the garden is a little less green and more gorgeous than in May and June, and a little more bleak in autumn, but the Qinfang River is still somewhat bright and bright when you see it. .
Feng Ziying stopped at Qinfang Pavilion and looked around. The jade archway and Taiguan Tower, facing each other across the stream, still stood tall, but Feng Ziying always felt a bit lonely.
This complex of three buildings, including Hanfang Pavilion, Taiguan Pavilion, and Zhujin Pavilion, are connected side by side, as well as the side halls extending backward along Hanfang Pavilion and Zhujin Pavilion, plus the Jiayin Hall at the end. Forming a group of square buildings, together with Gu Ensiyi Hall in the middle, this is the core building complex of the entire Grand View Garden.
In comparison, whether it is Yihongyuan, Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Hengwuyuan, Daoxiang Village, Tubi Villa and Aojingxi Pavilion, they are just auxiliary buildings, incidentally.
Normally no one can live in this group of core buildings. At most, they only occasionally borrow Hanfang Pavilion or Zhujin Pavilion. Even the Daguan Tower is rarely used. As for the Gu Ensiyi Hall in the center, it is only used It can be opened only when Yuanchun comes back.
Feng Ziying sighed softly, and was about to leave Qinfang Pavilion and walk west across Cuiyan Bridge to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, when she saw two women coming from the east.
Feng Ziying took a closer look and saw that it was Xing Xiuyan and Miaoyu.
Xing Xiuyan and Miaoyu didn't go to Jia Mu today, so they only knew that Feng Ziying was passing through the house today, but they didn't know that Feng Ziying had entered the garden at this time. When they saw Feng Ziying, they were shocked.
Who is Xing Xiuyan? She is handsome and smart, elegant and pleasant. She immediately smiled and said, "Brother Feng is joking. My younger sister and sister Miaoyu have known about Brother Feng coming into the house for a long time. They just thought that the two masters and Brother Feng wanted to discuss important matters. They didn't expect that Feng My eldest brother took a break from his busy schedule and came to the garden."
“Oh, I misunderstood.” Feng Ziying looked at Miaoyu, who was a little uncomfortable, and Xiuyan, who had a gentle and indifferent expression, “Where are you going?”
"Sister Miaoyu and I have just come out from Caocui'an. We brought a pot of mountain spring water and planned to go to Luxueguang to boil water and drink tea..." When Xing Xiuyan said this, Miaoyu couldn't help pinching her at the side. He pinched Xiuyan's arm, but Xiuyan remained unmoved.
"Oh? I don't know if Brother Yu is lucky enough to bother Lu Xuegang, the sister of Xiuyan, and give me some spring water from Miaoyu and tea from Xiuyan?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.
Miaoyu was even more nervous and almost broke Xiuyan's arm, but Xiuyan ignored it and said with a smile: "That's good. I don't know when Brother Feng will come over. Little sister and Miaoyu My sister boiled water and washed the kettle, and is waiting eagerly."
“Well, in half an hour, I’ll go to Sister Lin’s place first, and I’ll come over after talking for a while.” Feng Ziying told her frankly.
Xing Xiuyan also admired Feng Ziying's magnanimity. Originally, the unmarried couple could not meet in private, but when it came to Feng Ziying, she was obviously so generous and unabashed, making people not think that this was a bit beyond etiquette. Maybe this was the reason. The charm that comes with this man reaching a certain status and influence?
"Well, if Sister Lin is willing to come together, please ask Brother Feng to bring the younger sister to invite Sister Lin. The younger sister will welcome you."
Feng Ziying nodded, Xiuyan nodded goodbye to Feng Ziying, but Miaoyu never had any extra words, and only said a few words when saying goodbye.
Seeing Feng Ziying go straight to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Miaoyu twisted Xiuyan's arm severely: "Xiuyan, what are you doing?"
"I haven't done anything. Brother Feng comes back rarely. We didn't go to our ancestors in the morning and missed the opportunity to see Brother Feng. I'll treat him to tea now. Wouldn't it be a good time to make up for it?" Xiuyan pretended not to. untie.
Miaoyu was angry and her face was a little cold, "We agreed to have tea with each other, but why are there more outsiders?"
"Outsiders? What are my sister's plans for the future? Do I really want to live alone in this Cuicui Temple all my life? Even Sister Lin is not an outsider, right? Brother Feng is a hero. He defeated the Mongolian soldiers in Qian'an City. It has been said in the past two days that Storytellers have begun to tell stories about Xiao Fengxiu's fierce battle with the Mongolian soldiers in teahouses. Hasn't my sister always admired those heroes? Could it be that my sister still thinks that there are only those hermits who live in ancient temples in the mountains, or that they have come and gone. The knights and knights of the world are heroes. An act like Brother Feng’s, who turned the tide and saved the people from dire straits, is not considered a heroic act? Does my sister still feel aggrieved for marrying him? "
Xing Xiuyan said seriously: "Sister, you should think about it carefully."
Hunted by Xing Xiuyan's words, Miaoyu's face turned red and white, and Miaoyu was speechless for a moment.
She had indeed told her best friend that she had admired those great heroes since she was a child, especially those chivalrous men who put an end to injustice and bring peace to the people. However, she never thought that Xiuyan would suddenly elevate Feng Ziying's behavior in Qian'an City to this level. , but if you think about it carefully, which one is more important, saving one person or saving tens of thousands of people?
"Humph, that was just his duty as a local magistrate. How can it be called a chivalrous act? If he abandoned the city and fled, I'm afraid the court would also hold him accountable for escaping and neglecting his duties, right?" Miaoyu argued, but she also Not without reason.
"Isn't that true?" This is what Ya Sheng said, but Brother Feng changed it slightly, but I think it is more in line with his behavior."
"You!" Miaoyu stood on the side of the river beside Nymphezhu, looking at Xing Xiuyan with some suspicion, "Xiuyan, I think you seem to be a different person. Even if he saved us once, But it’s not like you’re so flattering to him, right? Why do you contradict me with every word I say?”
"Sister, don't you know what kind of temper my little sister is? You can convince people with reason. Brother Feng is indeed like this. Little sister can't speak out of conscience, right?" The flute blew a little loosely, covering her feverish cheeks.
Wan Yu didn’t believe it, but still stared at the other person reluctantly: “No, I always feel that something is wrong with you, could it be...”
"Okay, sister, if Brother Feng comes later, we can ask him how he defeated the Mongolian soldiers in Qian'an City, and then we can know the truth." Xing Xiuyan pretended to be calm and changed the topic, and hugged Miaoyu Arm, "Let's go."
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