Pei Musheng always remembered the purpose of coming here.
She looked at the person slowly sitting on the cushion, with no discomfort on his face, and then spoke.
"Your complexion is really bad. When you recover from your illness, you should replenish your complexion and tidy up. Also, remember to wear the gold hairpin I gave you."
Speaking of Jin Chai, Song Jinyin's face couldn't help but become a little more depressed.
She was in a hurry to get back home that day, and the two wooden boxes were still on Pei Yanzhou's bed. She originally wanted to ask, but she couldn't ask him twice in a row, and she didn't know if they were thrown away by him.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that she seemed to be in trouble, Pei Musheng couldn't help but become curious, "Did the eldest brother lose the golden hairpin?"
"Probably not."
Song Jinyin was a little unsure, "When I feel better, I'll go look for you at the front."
Pei Musheng thought that this front should be Pei Yanzhou's house.
Recalling the way Song Jinyin was lying in the main room a few days ago, Pei Musheng had finally gotten used to his wealth. She waved her hand and consoled her nonchalantly: "If you can't find it, don't worry, I'll give you a new one."
"Absolutely don't do it. You won't be rewarded for your merits. If the third girl gives her away again, I will definitely not dare to accept it."
"Looking at you, you don't look like you are afraid of anything."
Pei Musheng had a smile on his face and tilted his head to look at the person in front of him.
Although she had little contact with Song Jinyin, she had heard some stories about her, including Pei Wenshu's bullying of her.
But what's interesting is that, from the looks of things, Pei Wenshu is not doing much better. If Song Jinyin doesn't have any courage and brains, Pei Musheng doesn't believe it.
Thinking about this, she didn't waste much time and directly stated the purpose of her trip.
"In fact, I have something to ask you. If you are willing, it will not be regarded as no reward."
"Third girl, please speak."
"I want to hold a tea party. In short, it's just a party at a girl's house. You also know that the rules of the maids and maids in our third room are not as good as those in the uncle's courtyard. But for such small things, I I don’t want to bother grandma, and after thinking about it, it’s just you.”
"But as a servant, I'm afraid I'm not suitable to help the third girl."
Song Jinyin thought carefully and hesitated for a long time before speaking in refusal: "I am still recovering from my injuries. If I agree, I don't know if it will delay the third girl's affairs."
"After half a month, your health should be fine. As for your identity..."
Pei Musheng smiled and said: "How can people outside know so much? Besides, you are the eldest maid in the prince's courtyard. When some girls from petty official families come, they will give you three points of thin noodles, and you don't have to do anything to accompany them." I'll buy it, just count some more and it's almost done."
With confidence in her heart, Song Jinyin didn't take Qiao anymore.
She always has to step out of this yard.
Pei Yanzhou showed up twice in a row. She wanted to take over the work of the third girl as the maid of Zhuya Courtyard, and by the way, she wanted to find out how other people in the house treated her.
"Then this slave will obey the instructions of the third girl."
"Don't worry, if I ask you to help me, I won't let you do it in vain."
Song Jinyin smiled softly, secretly becoming curious about the third room of the Pei family.
Listening to what Biyu and Xueyu said, people in the entire Duke's Mansion must be in panic now. Even the old lady has been locked up and several doctors have been invited. The Duke is even more angry and no one dares to provoke him. .
But only the third wife should eat and drink. If she hadn't stood in line, the usually quiet third lady would not have jumped out at this time and asked the third girl to hold such a party.
But such a stance made Song Jinyin think more about it.
The girl in front of her took another hairpin off her head and talked to her about the lines on it very vigorously. Song Jinyin suppressed her thoughts, and she could talk to her a few words because of the styles she had seen in embroidery.
...
After lying like this for another five days, Pei Yanzhou was finally ready to go to court, and the palace banquet followed.
Song Jinyin slowly woke up. It was dark outside, but the person on the bed had already gotten up and put on his clothes.
"Sleep a little longer."
The man came closer to her, and his originally blurry vision suddenly became clear. Song Jinyin rubbed her eyes, and before she could even respond, she saw the purse she hadn't seen in a few days.
It turns out that he didn't forget to tie it up before, but he hadn't left the house before and others couldn't see that he cared.
Song Jinyin closed her eyes again.
There is still a palace banquet today, and thinking that when he returns to the palace, he will probably have an extra layer of engagement, his thoughts become lighter.
She originally wanted to get up early and send him out of the house to leave, which would be a fulfillment of the feelings she once had.
But when she saw the purse again, she suddenly became too lazy to move.
The room emptied out with Pei Yanzhou's departure, and Song Jinyin simply got up cautiously as she lost her sleepiness.
The third girl was generous, but she had a lot of fun talking last time. After asking her a few more tricks, she gave her two fifty-tael silver notes.
Song Jinyin never expected that there would be such a way out, but after thinking about it carefully, it was a good way to make money.
Although her painting skills are not great, some rough outlines of some styles can also make the third girl who always likes to play with jewelry move her thoughts.
Put the banknotes into the wooden box, with the scattered road map still buried underneath.
In the peripheral vision were the clothes that Pei Yanzhou had placed here. Song Jinyin's eyes darkened. She took out the route maps and read them carefully, then put them into the brazier and burned them clean bit by bit.
The sky is getting brighter.
Song Jinyin shook off her happiness and boredom, thinking of going outside the house and taking two careful steps to get some air. Unexpectedly, when she opened the door, she saw Mrs. Liu.
In Zhuya Courtyard, it is appropriate to call Mr. Liu an uninvited guest.
Mrs. Liu walked up surrounded by her maids, showing nobility in her every move. Cang Lin, who was back on duty again, stopped people. Mrs. Liu didn't mind. She just stood in the corridor and looked at Song Jinyin.
Song Jinyin held the hand by the door with some strength.
She knew that Liu's visit would never be because of her injuries.
Sure enough, Mrs. Liu looked at her with cold eyes and her tone seemed to be reproachful: "I heard that you accepted the third girl's invitation and agreed to help her with her work?"
"yes."
Seeing Biyu step forward, Song Jinyin held her arm with her other hand and leaned against her.
Even though he knew that the person coming was not here to care about her, his eyes still felt a little sour when he heard her speak.
"What identity did you use to agree to work for the third girl? The eldest brother is now in a state of panic because of you. If you don't go to the Duke of Guo to apologize, why are you still agreeing to the third girl?"
"You have to know that she is a legitimate daughter. She can do whatever she wants when she feels like it. What about you?"
These words were a bit unpleasant to hear, and even Biyu beside her couldn't help but frown, and looked worriedly at the girl leaning against her next to her.
Song Jinyin's eyes were indeed red, but there was no fear or sadness on her face.
Biyu was about to help her back, but saw her meet Liu's gaze, and the corners of her lips curved with a hint of sarcasm, "I was once a legitimate girl, but my family background was not powerful enough, and my life was not very good. She was abandoned to her current status as a maid."
This was the first time Song Jinyin responded to Liu in such a tone.
Whether it was because of her rudeness or the ridicule in her words, Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, the redness at the end of Song Jinyin's eyes had faded a lot, and her face was indescribably cold.
The girl in front of her seemed to have passed through the sharp blade bit by bit at some point.
Although the beautiful images from her childhood would still turn into knives and stab her from time to time, it seemed that she wouldn't be too sad if she suffered from it now.
"Is there anything else, Mrs. Liu Zang? If you still want to accuse me of helping the third girl, I'm sorry that I can't continue to explain to Mrs. Liu Zang. If you are really dissatisfied, Mrs. Liu Zang should go find the third girl or the prince. He is the one."
"Do you really want to use the Crown Prince as your backer?"
The breeze brought coolness and sobriety.
Mrs. Liu came back to her senses and looked at the girl in front of her who seemed to be different. She only gathered her shawl and her expression remained unchanged, "Today's palace banquet, if nothing unexpected happens, the prince will not be able to take care of you after he comes back from the palace banquet. "
"In other words, he has his own future and power. You should think carefully about how to make him remember you in the future."
Song Jinyin thought, this person is indeed her mother. If she doesn't want to let her go, she can always seize everything and stab her in the heart.
