The Lady of the Big House in the Red House

Come to the door, this time I don't know what to discuss. "

"The master means that I don't have to cater to Mrs. He's words. After all, it's just a conflict between the Wu family and the He family. Why do you have to drag other people's families into the water." Jia Min smiled and handed Jia Wan a plate of dim sum at hand, " Look at the ladies, who is very interested."

Xu Hui took a glance, and found that the faces of the wives of the Duke's Mansion were all pale. In the flower hall, except for a few official wives who had close contacts with the He family, who were laughing and chatting, the other wives were sitting upright. Apart from chatting a few words with acquaintances, it doesn't mean to make friends with other wives.

After sitting for a while, He Weishi helped Mrs. He out.Xu Hui squinted her eyes and saw that He Wei's family was well maintained. She was wearing a lavender dress inlaid with silver silk Wanfu su satin, with three or two jade hairpins on her hair. She helped Mrs. He sit down before coming to follow her. The female relatives exchanged pleasantries.It was appropriate to listen to her words. A few words dissipated the unhappiness that everyone had been waiting for for a long time, and gradually laughed everywhere, as if they were so harmonious from the beginning.

"It's my fault. I kept the two wives waiting for a long time." Mrs. He Wei came over and said to Xu Hui and Jia Min with a smile, "The stage outside has been set up, and the troupe is ready. Both of you Madam, why don't you go to the theater and have dinner."

Xu Hui nodded slightly at her, then got up and led Shen Shi and Jia Wan out.

"Mother, let's have a quick snack first." After sitting down at the table, Jia Wan handed over a plate of lotus root powder and sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Go to the next table, will you be all right?"

"Your sister-in-law is smart, don't worry." Shen Shi was the most careful, and Lian'er must have told her what happened today before going out, so naturally she would not say anything carelessly.Xu Hui took a bite of the pastry, the sweet and greasy taste was not to her liking, so she put the pastry aside, "I heard that the troupe invited to sing "Havoc in Heaven" is the best, wait a minute and listen carefully." Go." It's not in vain to go out early this morning.

Jia Wan was not very interested in listening to the opera, and just sat on the side talking to Lin Daiyu in private.

At this time, He Wei came over and said to Xu Hui: "I met Mrs. Jia when I entered the palace some time ago. I heard that she is Mrs. Jia's niece?"

"Exactly." Xu Hui glanced at He Weishi and smiled slightly.

Naturally, He Weishi knew that the two families in Rongguo Mansion had separated, but they didn't know the truth about it. They only acted like this when they felt that the children had grown up and it was the right time.So he smiled and said: "Mr. Jia Gui is good-looking. I heard from Madam Li that she is also very cute. I think she is well taught by the family. She and Madam Li also get along well. I often hear Madam Li to praise her. , I think it’s better for them to do this, and they will be able to gain a firm foothold in the palace in the future.”

Do you want to use Jia Yuanchun to get closer to them?Xu Hui smiled slightly, and said: "Jia Gui was brought up by an old lady since she was a child, and I am not very close to me. However, Jia Gui must be very happy to be praised by the empress Li. After I return to the mansion, I will definitely Tell the old lady about it, and make her happy too."

He Wei's family has been the mistress for so many years, she couldn't understand the meaning of Xu Hui's words, thankfully she had practiced a lot on weekdays, otherwise her face would have changed now.The smile on her face froze for a moment, and she only said: "It turns out that Mrs. Jia raised Jia Guiren herself." She made a mistake, the old lady insisted that Mrs. Jia's current pampering has little influence on her son, Please post without the name of Mrs. Jia. Now it seems that I am afraid that I have offended the people of Rongguo Mansion.

At this time, the sound of gongs and drums sounded on the stage, and He Weishi took the opportunity to return to Mrs. He.Xu Hui listened to the opera while eating some side dishes. She had a good time and sipped a glass of water and wine. Jia Wan took his pocket watch and opened it to check the time. Said Mr. Jia was probably drunk.

Xu Hui also took the opportunity to resign from Mrs. He and Mrs. He Wei, and boarded the carriage home with Mrs. Shen and Jia Wan.

No.70 Five-time Yuanchun Lives and Return to the Emperor

"Master also escaped one day by being drunk. I still remember the expression on the girl's face when she came to deliver the message just now." After asking someone to boil hot water, Xu Hui passed the hangover soup to Jia Amnesty, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid it won't be long before now." There is going to be news that the head of the Rongguo Mansion is a man who can't drink."

"Being overwhelmed with alcohol is better than being dragged into the water by He Cheng." Jia Amnesty took a sip of the not-so-good hangover soup, "Our family also started with military exploits, and after being knighted, we also adhere to the creed of maintaining good relations with several other princes. The He family is considered a rising star, but after entering Beijing, when did you see that their family had contacts with four princes and eight princes. Their family is upright, and now their daughter has suffered from Wu Guifei, just like a famous family in Beijing. To participate in the performance of Prime Minister Wu is simply courting death."

"He said it carelessly like that?" No way?Xu Hui asked quickly.

"I didn't say it clearly, but He Cheng looks reckless, but he is actually quite good at talking." Under Xu Hui's gaze, Jia Amnesty drank the hangover soup in one gulp, "talked a few words hintingly, saying that Prime Minister Wu Now that the emperor is not taken seriously, we loyal ministers have to unite to support the emperor. No one can say these beautiful words, but now the emperor still respects Prime Minister Wu on the face of it. If such embarrassing words are spread, I'm afraid the conflict between the emperor and Prime Minister Wu's faction will deepen again, after all He Cheng was single-handedly promoted by the emperor."

"The matter between my daughter and Concubine Wu has to be involved in the affairs of the court, and only fools will go along with him." Seeing Tweety's lips, Xu Hui said to Jia She, "The hot water outside is ready. Now, master, let's go take a shower and change clothes. This body smells of alcohol, and I feel uncomfortable after smelling too much."

Jia Amnesty raised his hand and sniffed the smell of water and wine on his robe, wrinkled his nose, and hurriedly went to the next door to take a bath and change his clothes.

Xu Hui shook her head with a smile, and followed to the other side room to freshen up.

The He family doesn't know whether to say they are stupid or arrogant. The Wu family is an important minister of the two dynasties. No matter how dissatisfied the emperor is, he can only maintain a relatively stable situation with the Wu family. I want to unite with several other family members to deal with it, and I don't want to think about whether others will gamble their wealth and lives to fight with you.Besides, if anyone wants to curry favor with Prime Minister Wu, all those present tonight will be targeted by Prime Minister Wu.

Jia Yuanchun was wearing a dark red silk satin gown embroidered with a hundred sons pattern, and inside was a emerald blue skirt with golden branches and green leaves and flowers trailing the floor. He sat in front of the vanity mirror and carefully traced his eyebrows.Recently, the palace started to stick flowers on the eyebrows, but Jia Yuanchun did the opposite. The forehead between the eyebrows was dry and clean, and he didn't mean to follow the trend.Her long hair was tied back into a heart bun, with a pair of golden peony hairpins inlaid with silk and beads, and a gold-plated five-color glazed flying swallowtail butterfly was ingeniously placed on the side of the gold hairpins, which looked extraordinarily delicate and beautiful.

"Baoqin, go and get the tourmaline stone Buddha bead bracelet that the old lady gave me earlier."

"Yes." Baoqin hurried to get it, and then put on a pair of red gold pendant earrings for Jia Yuanchun before saying, "I just asked Eunuch Dai secretly. The emperor is worrying about Concubine Li and Concubine Wu recently." , wait a minute, master, don't mention the two empresses in front of the emperor."

"Of course I know this. It's rare for the emperor to come here. Can I still be a disappointment?" I put a touch of makeup on my face, "Concubine Li is arrogant, and Concubine Wu Gui is not easy to mess with. The two of them fight together It's just what I want, and it's not in vain. I have hinted in front of the empress many times that the son of Concubine Li can be raised by Concubine Wu, and it is exactly as I expected. The empress has already treated me a little coldly because I was not favored, so don't be good Advising the empress, I will disappear in the harem like An Changzai."

"Master, this is killing two birds with one stone. The empress is afraid that she is annoying Li Concubine, so she listens to what the master said. Although the empress has not recovered the love she used to have for the master, but the servant thinks it is not far away." Baoqin said , "It's just that the master spent a lot of money to make contacts earlier, and the salary has long been spent. Master, do you want to send a message and let the old lady send some money in?"

"Of course I want it." Jia Yuanchun put down the rouge box in his hand, "It's just that the Rongguo Mansion is now headed by the eldest lady, and the old lady divided her private money into two to the elder master and the second master. I don't have any spare money." She wasn't worried that the old lady would have to worry about food and drink in the future, it's just that the palace costs a lot, so even with the support of the old lady, it would be difficult. "I have time to find out if there is any way to make money. I can't just rely on the old lady."

"Yes." Baoqin replied.

In the evening, Tu Han came to Jia Yuanchun's side hall in the afterglow.He raised his eyes and glanced at Jia Yuanchun, and said: "Others like to stick flowers, but you do the opposite, and it looks good too."

"The concubine felt that it would not look very good to put flower tin on it, so I just gave up the idea." Jia Yuanchun said softly, "But the concubine looked at it, the concubine Xi, the concubine Rou, etc. looked very good-looking. , the concubine is also envious."

"They're just following the crowd." Tu Han's voice showed exhaustion, "I heard that you are good at playing the qin, play me a tune. Recently, there was a lot of noise in the hall, and it gave me a headache. That's why you're clean here."

Jia Yuanchun asked Baoqin to take out the Guqin rewarded by Tu Han and put it on the table. Seeing that Tu Han closed his eyes slightly, he raised his hand and played "High Mountain and Flowing Water".The sound of the piano curled up, and Tu Han also fiddled with the piano in his hand following the sound of the piano.