Queen's Road in the Red House

Mrs. Bowling Marquis Mrs. Li looked eagerly at the old lady above who was deep in thought.

She turned her head slightly and glanced at her siblings, motioning for her to say something nice for her.

Mrs. Zhong Jinghou also said: "Old lady, you love the eldest girl, but there may not be perfect people in this world."

"The brothers in the sister-in-law and aunt's family, although they are married to the second wife, are only 30 years old and have no children under their knees. The older girl is the same as the first wife."

Mrs. Bowlinghou couldn't help but give her a sideways glance. Are the siblings helping her or holding her back?

What does it mean to be the same as the first wife? The marriage she told Yuan Chun was originally the first wife, but she made her talk like a concubine.

The people from Zhongjinghou's mansion were also embarrassing: It is true that she is specialized in arts, and she is not in charge of being a matchmaker. The words changed involuntarily when they came out of her mouth.

Mrs. Baolinghou continued to laugh and said: "The old lady is not an ignorant housewife. Of course, things that look up on the outside are also clear. I don't dare to lie to the old lady. Now my brother has already done it from the fourth grade. The captain of cavalry is also highly valued by the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he is even asked to help in such important events as the selection of military generals every five years. I dare not say how big the future is, but there is always a wife's order."

Jia Min looked at Mrs. Bowling Hou who was a little anxious and smiled.

It sounds like a good marriage, but if it's really that good, why is Mrs. Bowling so anxious?It should be Wang and Yuan Chun who are in a hurry.

Jia Min looked into Li Shi's expectant eyes, and said slowly: "It is the order of my parents, Yuan Chun's marriage was originally decided by her mother."

Mrs. Baolinghou expressed disappointment: She knew Mrs. Wang, and her expectations for this daughter were the same as those of Mrs. Gonghou and even Wangfei.Although Yuanchun was released from the palace when he was old, Wang's lowered requirements also changed from the original wife to the second wife, and the goal of this title has not been lowered at all.

That's why she found Shi Taijun.

Mrs. Li managed to pick up her smile: "That's right, let's talk about this in detail when Master Hou and the Second Master Zheng are having a drink. old lady."

Then wait for the old lady to stay in Xiangyun.

After all, every time Shi Taijun would directly say: "Young girl Yun came here so easily, why don't you have to stay with me for a few days."

Jia Min looked at the bright sun outside, nodded and said, "That's right, it's getting late. Yuanyang, go and get some red sandalwood wolf pens from Shoumei Pavilion yesterday." Then she said to the two Madam Hou : "I heard that the girls have improved in learning characters now, and I will bring all the girls to me someday."

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Xiangyun is picking the color of the net with Baochai.

Baochai just sighed: "Auntie has a lot of things to do, so she entrusted me to make some small things like purse fan covers for Brother Bao-you know, he didn't use needlework and women to make it, but now the second master is doing it again." He sent his maids away. My aunt entrusted me several times, and I had no choice but to agree that you should help me if you live here."

Xiang Yun put aside all his troubles: "It's better to go to the palace to study, otherwise, what good will the second brother do if he just hangs around with us all day long?"

Baochai highly agrees with this sentence.

When talking about the exchange of houses between the two, Xiangyun was surprised: "Why are you in such a hurry? And I didn't see Sister Feng when I came here today."

Baochai lowered her head and compared the two golden silk threads, picking out the less eye-catching one.

"Use this color." Then he talked about Sister Feng: "Since the two rooms were changed, Sister Feng has been feeling a little uncomfortable. I have invited the imperial physician twice, and they all said that it was because of the disharmony of spleen and stomach, and I was sick all day long. Fortunately, there are no major events in this mansion because there is no year or festival."

Baochai paused: "My aunt said that the two rooms will be replaced sooner or later, but the old man and the old lady are impatient. Moving in such a hurry is not a good day. Maybe it's because of bumping into someone."

Xiang Yun nodded: "Maybe."

It is true that there are whispers in the mansion these days. Ever since Second Master Lian and his wife moved into the courtyard where Duke Rong Guo lived before he attacked the Duke, Second Grandma Lian has always been uncomfortable, and she has been so depressed that she has not dealt with her servants recently!You can see how uncomfortable it is.

Sister Feng's illness also faintly spread a sentence: if virtue is not worthy, there will be disasters.

Mrs. Xing jumped angrily, but in the end she only caught two little maids who were rough envoys, and the rumors continued.Sister Feng, on the other hand, didn't know whether she was concentrating on recuperating from her illness, or she didn't want to annoy the old lady. She never made a sound, and stayed in her room obediently.

Baochai was thinking about what had happened recently, when she saw Cuihui, Xiangyun's servant girl, walk in: "Girl, Mother Cui is here."

Mama Cui was Mrs. Baolinghou's dowry back then, and she was a caring person who always brought her with her when she went in and out. She was able to go in and listen to her just now when she was talking about her marriage in the hall.

Xiangyun nodded: "Please come in, Mom." Then he curled his lips at Baochai quietly: "He must have come to teach me a lot of things again."

Every time she wanted to stay in Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Baolinghou would ask Mama Cui to tell her a bunch of things, such as not to be greedy for food and fun at relatives' houses, remember to do needlework every day, and must go back when the day comes.

Baochai patted her, and then asked Yinger to pour eight treasures herbal tea.

Mother Cui came in, without a trace of expression on her face, and blessed herself: "Girl, let's go home now."

Xiangyun was stunned.

Even Baochai was a little surprised: the old lady would always stay with Xiangyun for a few days.So they were not in a hurry to talk to Daiyu, thinking that there were still a few days left, so it would not be too late to tell Daiyu slowly.

Who would have thought that the old lady would not leave Xiangyun for a day!

The corners of Cui’s mother’s mouth twitched, and her brows frowned: “Girl, this is a relative’s house, and you were supposed to be waiting for the two wives outside Shi Taijun’s house just now. It’s really impolite to run out to play by yourself. The wives are all waiting now. Go back, girl, and bid farewell to the old lady."

Xiangyun had no choice but to stand up and took Baochai's hand: "Sister Bao, I'm going, you should remember what we said."

Mother Cui stood aside silently, but it made people feel a urging atmosphere.

As soon as Xiangyun arrived outside the main room of Rongqing Hall, he heard the laughter of the two aunts, which was kind and relaxed.

Xiangyun walked in with a smile on his face, and just wanted to act coquettishly with the old lady as before, when he saw Daiyu sitting beside Jiamu.And the next one also sat for three springs.

The talk of marriage was over, they were all relatives, the two Madam Hou naturally wanted to meet the girls of Jia's family, only Yuan Chun, who accompanied Madam Wang when she went out, never came.

The old lady was not as affectionate as before when she saw her, she just nodded: "Yun girl is here."

Xiangyun greeted her and exchanged greetings with her sisters.

It was Mrs. Baolinghou who beckoned to her first: "Come here, Yun'er. Where did you go? It's easy to find. Your sister Lin just came back from the palace. This is the golden silk pearl sachet awarded by the empress. They are all waiting for you to choose first."

Xiangyun walked over and looked at the box that Yuanyang was holding.

"Second sister and third sister, let's choose first."

Jia Min smiled: "You are a guest, so naturally you go first, otherwise you will lose your manners."

There are ten colors in a box, and Daiyu has already taken out the blue plum blossom with dark patterns that Empress Yang chose for her.It's not that she was reluctant to give it away, but because of Queen Yang's temper, she might ask questions in the future.

Xiangyun picked a Jinqian-colored one, and then Sanchun each chose one, and Jia Min asked Tanchun to bring one back to Yuanchun.

She didn't want Yuan Chun to have more contact with her daughter.

Seeing the sisters sharing the sachets, Madam Baolinghou said, "Old lady, then we will take Yun'er home first, and I will visit the old lady again before Master Hou leaves Beijing."

Jia Min nodded: "You're going to be busy this month. If there's anything you don't like in the mansion, just send someone to talk about it."

Then he turned his head to Yuanyang and said, "Go and see it off yourself."

Seeing that the old lady had no intention of keeping her, Xiangyun felt wronged and panicked, and was not as affectionate as before. He just bid farewell to everyone in Jia's mansion and left with his aunt.

Yuanyang personally sent the two Madam Hou to the carriage outside the second gate, and then supported Madam Baolinghou's arm and said a few words.

The historian's three carriages drove out slowly.

Mrs. Baolinghou only took Mama Cui to sit in the carriage, and the rest of the little maids accompanied her.At this time, she opened the plain purse that Yuanyang had stuffed in her hand just now, took out the 1000 taels of silver inside, and smiled: "The old lady is really a wonderful person."

Cui's mother also laughed: "No wonder the old lady just said that the poor family is rich, and asked the wife to bring more money on the way. I was still thinking that our public accounts are really stretched, and the old lady is not ignorant of the situation of the historian. , It’s just empty talk, but who knows, it has been planned for Lord Hou and his wife long ago.”

Mrs. Bowling Hou's dissatisfaction with the lack of a marriage just now dissipated.

In front of Yinzi, everyone will have a smiling face.

Jia Min knew that the two masters of the historian were real people, but now it was only 1000 taels of silver - Jia Zheng used to buy more than this amount for a painting from outside, and it would be cheaper to have a good relationship with Bao Linghou.

Mrs. Li sighed: "It must be the old lady who has put in a lot of effort for Baoyu to enter the palace as a companion. This is a person with insight. That's why I told the old lady about the marriage, otherwise the second wife of their family , definitely look down on my aunt's brother."

Mama Cui persuaded: "Good girls are everywhere. Madam also took a fancy to the eldest girl of Rongguo Mansion who came out of the palace. She thought she had deep thoughts and strict rules, and was able to control the two concubines in Mr. Kang's family, so she came forward to make peace. Is it? It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work, let’s find someone else.”

Mrs. Bowlinghou nodded, looked at the banknote in her hand, and said back to Shi Taijun: "I was too eager just now. I think the old lady's eyesight probably saw that there must be something weird in my brother's family, so she refused to agree. .

Alas, the old lady is a blessed person. Her grandson entered the palace as a companion, and even her granddaughter was favored by the empress.Have you seen that box of sachets inlaid with pearls today? I'm afraid no one below the nobleman in the palace will be able to see it. The empress would rather give it to the daughter of a foreign minister. "

Although she is the wife of the Hou family, the historian family's wealth has been exhausted, and the Li family has been devastated by it all year round. Naturally, she cares about money, and her eyes are poisonous when looking at things, so she automatically carries a price tag.

Mother Cui nodded, remembering Xiangyun's expression, and said, "This is the first time Shi Taijun didn't keep our eldest girl. I think she only has this granddaughter in her eyes now."

Mrs. Li chuckled lightly: "Originally, the old lady picked up girl Yun to amuse herself by talking and chatting. But look at the great changes in Rongguo Mansion in the past few months, she still has no time to be bored."

Mother Cui lowered her head and said: "The eldest girl likes the mansion over there, and just now she held the hand of Miss Xue's family and was reluctant to leave."

Mrs. Baolinghou frowned: "I know. She thinks that the life at home is hard, and it can't be compared with people serving everywhere here. But she also needs to know that her surname is Shi, not Jia, and she shows up like this in front of outsiders. , Wouldn’t people say behind my back that I treated her badly? Conscience of heaven and earth, my own daughter does needlework, eats and dresses in exactly the same way, I would rather make my daughter wronged than never wronged her.”

Cui's mother hurriedly persuaded: "The eldest girl is still young, madam, don't be angry, and you will know when she says kiss in the future, or her family treats her sincerely. How can the old lady over there care about her life?"

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Jia Min stared at the dripping water on the iceberg in a daze.

Yuanyang persuaded: "Ever since Miss Lin talked about the flower feast, you have been so uneasy, you have to make an idea for Miss Lin."

Jia Min frowned: "Make up your mind? You are not from here, and you don't understand what the emperor represents. If the palace really likes Yu'er, I have 1 ideas that are useless!"

"You can only ask His Royal Highness to deal with it."

Although Jia Min said so, he didn't expect much: after all, this matter involves the marriage of four princes, and there are only so many things the four princes can do.After all, he wanted to avoid suspicion!

But in the palace... Jia Min clenched the ink in her hand: If she were to be a concubine, none of the four princes in front of her would be easy to get along with. In the future, her daughter would inevitably fall into the strife in the harem.

What's more, what she is most afraid of is that Daiyu will eventually become a side concubine, a concubine, and struggle all her life in the deep palace or the palace.

Then what was she doing all this time, didn't she harm her daughter?

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After Daiyu returned to the house, she saw Ping'er was already waiting in the house, and she smiled when she saw her: "Miss, our grandma is going to borrow someone for you again."

Apart from their husband and wife, Jia Min and Daiyu know about Sister Feng's pregnancy.

After all, Zhou Huangwei went back and forth, and it was impossible to hide it from Daiyu.

Ping'er said: "This is the last time to borrow. Tomorrow our grandma will go back to the old lady in a fair manner."

Zhou Xuanwei counted and said, "Oh, it's been three months."

Ping'er nodded happily: "So sister Ming, hurry up and follow me. I have worked hard for you these days. Our grandma has already wrapped a big red envelope, waiting for you to get it."

Daiyu asked Zhou Huangwei to bring over a small basket of cherries. Sister Feng couldn't eat them, but her daughter Qiaojie could.

Then Moran and other talents divided the cherries and sent them to each room.

Because the queen wanted to eat candied cherries, she simply asked Daiyu to bring out the two big baskets, which were more than enough.

Aunt Xue also has them.

Sure enough, after sunset in the afternoon, Baochai came.

After entering the door, I thanked Daiyu for the cherries, and then Daiyu took out the sachet for Baochai to pick.

When Baochai saw that the box was more than half empty, she knew that others had already picked it out before giving it to her.

According to the age, according to the subject and the guest, she should not be the last choice.

But to Daiyu, Xiangyun is a guest, and so are Sanchun and Baochai.Let Xiangyun choose first today, but Sanchun, as a girl of Rongguo Mansion, is courteous to outsiders.And Daiyu asked them to finish the selection before giving it to Baochai. This was based on relatives, and no one could say anything.

Naturally, Baochai would not show displeasure over trivial matters, so she chose a lilac-colored one.

"Originally, it was a cherry from sister Xie Lin, but I missed something else from my sister."

Daiyu smiled.

Zhou Huangwei blinked aside, this was the first time she saw Baochai and Daiyu talking in private together, it was very rare.

Baochai handed the sachet to Ying'er, and said to Daiyu, "Sister Lin also saw girl Yun today. You are such a smart person, and you can see it on weekdays, so I won't hide it from you—" Today, girl Yun shed tears in pain at my place, and all she talked about was the suffering at home."

Looking at the bracelet in her hand, Baochai sighed and complained: "You are a young lady, but you want to make shoes, make socks, sew clothes and iron, if you go out of Beijing with Lord Bowling, you will have to endure hardships along the way." gone."

Daiyu also turned the pearl twisted silk bracelet in her hand, and said casually: "Sister Yun and Sister Bao have a good relationship, and they are willing to tell you about daily troubles and difficulties."

Baochai pointed to the ring on her hand and said, "They are all sisters. If anyone has something sad to say, let's take care of it. Just look at how many rings Miss Yun has won, and she thinks about us, so you know her heart." She also mentioned to me that she hasn't written poems or talked with you recently, and she's thinking very much."

"Now that the old lady has a lot of things to do, I couldn't think of it for a while. Sister Lin eats and lives with the old lady all day long. It is our sister's affection to mention Yun girl and take her over for a few days."

Daiyu looked at Baochai, suddenly frowned, and smiled: "Okay, I will tell the old lady in these two days."

Baochai saw that she agreed so happily, the rest of the advice was in vain, so she got up: "Then I will go back first, you are weak, so you don't have to get up to see me off."

When she left, Zhou Huangwei couldn't help but said, "Miss, do you really want to say this for Miss Shi?"

Daiyu snorted softly: "She wants to be a good person and not do it herself. Why would she pull me on for nothing? I'll tell my grandmother, and it will work out in the end. Sister Yun accepts her love. If it doesn't work out, I'm afraid she will blame me." Don't pay attention."

"Why bother, you can just tell me what you want to do, but you want to coax me like this. Yes, they are the most intelligent people in the world, and they only see me as a fool."

Mo Ran just laughed: "If the girl is still stupid, there will be no smart people in the world."

Daiyu hummed displeasedly, different from the past, showing a bit of innocence and coquettishness like a child: "I hate people using me as a raft!"

Zhou Xuanwei suddenly realized: Yes, at this time Daiyu doesn't like Baochai.

The two reconciled a year or two later, when Daiyu temporarily uttered a sentence from The West Chamber, but Baochai suppressed the matter, but she never told outsiders and only talked to her in private.

Before that... In Daiyu's own words to Baochai: "In the past, I only thought you were hiding a traitor in your heart."

The present is the past when Daiyu felt that Baochai had malicious intentions.

Zhou Xuanwei couldn't help laughing: Yes, she also made her life confused.Since she came to Jia's mansion, it can be seen that the new Shi Taijun took care of Daiyu, and Daiyu was naturally well-behaved in front of her.And Daiyu in the palace showed a more cautious side, a nearly perfect lady.

So Zhou Huangwei got used to seeing it, and actually forgot how Daiyu was so eloquent and snarky in the book.

She didn't like Xue Baochai very much in the first place, let alone Xue Baochai bumped into him this time and wanted to use her as a spear.

It's probably a common fault of smart people, and the most annoying thing is that others play tricks in front of her.

This is looking down on whose brain.

Mother Ge was originally on the sidelines, silently like a shadow, but now she popped her head: "Young lady understands, I will not talk too much. But when the news comes out that Lian's second grandma is pregnant, what is the young lady planning to give?" "

If it turns out, Daiyu will just give needles and threads like Sanchun.

But now that Daiyu brings the servants of the Lin family to live here, and she is also in charge of her mother's dowry, so she can't behave as usual. She must show something to Sister Feng, who is in charge of the family.

Daiyu stretched out her hand, and Mother Ge handed over the list she had prepared.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone gathered in Rongqing Hall to pay their respects.

Originally, Mother Jia's rules were not strict, and it didn't matter if the sons came every few days.

But since the change of residence, the two brothers, Jia She and Jia Zheng, can be said to be calm in the morning and evening, rain or shine, and sometimes even come over at noon under the sun.

One wanted to stabilize the current situation, and the other wanted to win the old lady's favor, so one moved around more frequently than the other.

Yuanyang was originally worried about Jia She's departure, so she might have followed her two years earlier, but now Jia She is so focused on playing a filial son here that she has no time to watch her.

It made her very relieved.

In the early morning when everyone was present, Wang Xifeng shyly talked about the fact that she was three months pregnant.

Mrs. Wang pinched the [-]-zi bracelet in her hand, and her smile was a little stiff: "Such good news, Feng girl still wants to hide it? You have to say it now, and it will make people worry that you are not happy."

"The second wife doesn't know. I have always had a disharmony between my spleen and stomach. I thought it was a disease. Even the imperial doctor didn't see it a month earlier. Although I thought it was in my heart, I didn't dare to say it. Otherwise, if I made a joke, wouldn't it be troublesome?" Is the old lady happy in space?"

Mrs. Xing smiled, and held Sister Feng's hand tightly: "It's such a happy event. It just so happens that some people in the house have been talking behind their backs recently, saying that you and Lian'er are unhappy because you moved and bumped into each other. It's really black-hearted. Lung nonsense."

Then the small eyes aimed at Wang Shi.

Mrs. Wang's complexion changed slightly: "Sister-in-law what do you think I am doing?" If you didn't say it clearly, it seemed like your own people were muttering these words behind your back.

Mrs. Xing really didn't catch the clue, so she laughed twice: "Oh, for some reason, the eyeballs went to the siblings."

Mrs. Wang saw that she was playing tricks so clearly, but she couldn't make a scene in front of her, so she had to let it go.

After the elders had finished speaking, Li Wan and his peers got up to congratulate Sister Feng one by one.

Since Mrs. Xing moved to Rongqingtang, she has never encountered any major event worthy of celebration, so that she can be the hostess, entertaining guests in the big flower hall of Rongqingtang.

At this time, when the good news of Sister Feng came, Mrs. Xing quickly seized the opportunity to ask Jia Mu for instructions: "Old lady, Lian's daughter-in-law is pregnant, which is a happy event for our eldest family. Although it is not easy to invite outsiders to break the ground, but I think I have to set up a banquet, even if it's just our two families sitting together, it will be a lot of fun for Feng girl."

Knowing what she was thinking, Jia Min nodded, "Alright, you can send someone to the East Mansion to invite you. Just don't make too much noise, after all, Feng girl is strong and stable."

After the baby is born, it takes a few years of careful care before it can stand still, not to mention that Sister Feng's stomach has only just been three months old.If there are guests at a big banquet, it is really unlucky that the child will disappear later.

Mrs. Xing agreed repeatedly, and said: "There is also Mrs. Xue's family, after all, she lives in our house, so it is not easy to get around, so naturally I have to invite her."

When Mrs. Wang saw the old lady agreeing, she couldn't help but feel depressed: She still doesn't know Mrs. Xing?It's not because he wants to save Aunt Xue's face, but because he wants to show off his current status in front of Mrs. Wang's sister.

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Noon the next day.

High in the sky, there are a few clean white clouds floating.

Mrs. Xing was in a very good mood, and Xingxing directed the maids to set up tables and chairs, while Wang Shanbao's family was joking around: "Madam, you are the wife of a first-rank general, and now you live in the most prestigious Rongxi Hall in this mansion, presiding over family banquets. This is justified. It turns out that it’s all doves occupying magpies’ nests!”

Mrs. Xing's smile was brighter than the sun outside: "Bring me the menu again to have a look, and ask someone to knock in the big kitchen. Whoever is in trouble today, I'll break his leg!"

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