Chapter 5 (1/2)
LAN Qi's mouth moved, but there was no sound.
Yan Jinning still looked at her with a relaxed expression, and then asked casually, ”I heard Chang Lu from the outer courtyard say that you asked him to send you a letter back to Beijing three days ago by the steward of Chuang Tzu in the neighborhood of Mr. Li?”
LAN Qi was Yan Jinning's second-class servant girl. Because her other big servant girl Lingyu accidentally fell down a few days ago, she changed LAN Qi to follow her. LAN Qi is now a member of her room. She usually walks around in the inner courtyard. Moreover, the Chuang Tzu of Li's family is two miles away from them. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth. She can't go there by herself.
Lanqi's face turned white, her eyes dodged and hung her head, ”maid Servant... ”
Yan Jinning seemed to feel the atmosphere was dull, so he put down his books, walked under his shoes and opened the window facing the courtyard.
The sky outside is very good. The sunlight comes in and hits her long eyelashes. From the side, it looks like a moving butterfly wing inlaid with Phnom Penh.
LAN Qi secretly took the rest of the corner of her eye to see her.
Yan Jinning this just opened his mouth again, ”what words, you'd better take the initiative to say, don't wait for me to hand you over to others.”
What does she know?
”Miss What is the lady saying LAN Qi's heart was shaking into a piece, and she tried to open her mouth carefully. ”Maid, I just asked Liu Bo on Master Li's Chuang Tzu to bring a letter to To my brother. ”
”Your brother?” Yan Jinning stood in front of the window, the voice of light floating, ”I remember he can't read?”
After a pause, he added, ”and - who taught you to write?”
”Maidservant -- maidservant --” Lan Qi's expression was flustered and her eyes dodged. ”Maidservant just often serves miss's pen and ink, and secretly learns a few words from the side.”
LAN Qi said, quickly went over, knelt down and kowtowed: ”is the maid, please forgive me once.”
”A few glances? You're a rare smart girl, but how can a smart person just do stupid things Yan Jinning bent his lips and laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes.
In her previous life, she recovered from illness and returned to the mansion a few days ago. Her second brother, Yan Jinhua, begged Lanqi from her.
She was just a slave, and she didn't take it seriously. This Lanqi is indeed born quite a bit of beauty, and Yan Jinning remembers very clearly that Lan Qi gave birth to a son only eight months after Yan Jinhua took over the house.
At that time, wenpo said it was premature, but now Yan Jinning is not so naive.
She stood quietly in front of the window, looking out at the dark sky.
Lanqi kneels there, embarrassed, only secretly take the rest of the corner of her eye to see her.
”Do you still refuse to tell the truth?” After a while, Yan Jinning asked again.
”Miss, the maidservant is telling the truth, I --” Lan Qi quickly explained.
At this time, just outside, mother Liu brought the doctor to knock on the door, ”Miss, the doctor has come to check your pulse.”
”Come in!” Yan Jinning said lightly.
”Doctor, please.” Mother Liu pushed the door and led the doctor in. She looked up and saw LAN Qi kneeling there. She was stunned, ”what's wrong with this girl?”
Yan Jinning came back from the window with a cool look on her face and sat on the couch and said, ”I don't know if she was infected by my cold. The girl just came in and fell down. Since the doctor is here, let's show her.”
Her expression is so natural that mother Liu has no doubt.
LAN Qi is suspicious, raised her head, and stared at her with a kind of frightened and suspicious eyes.
Yan Jinning didn't pay attention to it, and drank tea quietly.
The doctor served by Chuang Tzu was an old man over sixty years old. He was kind-hearted and approachable. He did not neglect LAN Qi because she was a girl. He took out a pulse pillow to examine her pulse.
LAN Qi is nervous. She always thinks that Yan Jinning knows something and won't let her go. However, she can't rely on her words. Yan Jinning doesn't grasp her. She is determined again --