There is no phoenix

Liu Xianglian wondered: Did Baoyu hear something?

But at this time Liu Xianglian couldn't be allowed to think too much, Baoyu had already approached Liu Xianglian and said: "Xianglian, why didn't you tell me about such a big matter as your marriage?"

Liu Xianglian had no choice but to say: "Baoyu, I'm really sorry! I just came back this year, and you know that my family is empty. Although I have a position in front of me, the money is really limited, so I can only try to simplify it this time. Not only did you not invite me, but the Qiguan Lai Shangrong, I didn't tell you anything. Now these guests are just my family members and some current colleagues. I feel ashamed that you are so caring. Come on, sit down, the banquet is about to start!"

After hearing this, Baoyu looked at the crowd and saw that apart from Liu Fang, there was indeed no acquaintance, even Feng Ziying and Shui Rong, who were also absent.So Liu Xianglian pulled her to sit down.Liu Xianglian and Liu Fang greeted everyone to sit down. Baoyu couldn't help asking: "Xianglian, I don't know which lady is your wife? I never knew you were engaged. If it wasn't for Mr. Jiaxue who was not in good health and asked for leave today, I just came out again. Hang around, I don't even know about your marriage!"

Liu Xianglian thought for a while and said, "Baoyu, in fact, my marriage was only decided two months ago. After I returned to Beijing, I heard that you and Qiguan are already married, and Feng Ziying has also become a son-in-law and is about to do so." My father died, and my aunt helped me support the family all these years. When we were friends, I was the only one left with nothing to lose, and my family was completely destitute, and I was still alone. I feel ashamed to think about it.”

Baoyu said: "Xianglian, I remember that your vision is quite high, and few people fall into your vision. How did you find someone who suits you so quickly?"

Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "Maybe it's fate. To tell you the truth, I originally planned to find someone who was absolutely beautiful, but it didn't go well, and I didn't get what I wanted. Later, I practiced outside for a few years, and I also became cold-hearted. It’s really hard to find a girl I like. Who knows that I met a girl in Gusu not long ago. She had no parents since she was a child, and she lived with her uncle. Her uncle and my master knew each other well, so we had a few meals together Rice. Although we didn’t talk much, I think she’s pretty good. After I returned to the capital, I thought I’d never see her again. I didn’t expect that they also came to the capital a few months ago. The girl’s uncle also had several shops in the capital. That’s what was agreed in the chat.”

When Baoyu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Xianglian, I didn't expect your marriage to be so smooth. Come, let me offer you a glass of brother Liu!"

Liu Xianglian hurriedly raised her glass and said, "Okay, Baoyu, I'll drink the glass of wine you toasted. In fact, I still envy you when it comes to marriage. Not to mention that Feng Ziying has become a son-in-law, but Qiguan heard that the wife he married is also good. Now the child can walk and be a father. Qiguan is now stable, there are houses and fields in Red Sandalwood Fort, and there is a shop in the capital, and there is no need to go to the stage to show his face. Lai Shangrong has become an official, let alone agrees with everything. It is Baoyu you , who is a few years younger than me, and I heard that he is going to be a father soon! Come on, if you can meet again like this today, don’t blame me for being rude, just drink this cup!"

Baoyu sighed: "Xianglian, the bitterness and joy of marriage, only those who live in it know."

After hearing this, Liu Xianglian asked, "Baoyu, I know you are marrying the daughter of an imperial merchant. I heard that you are married to a beautiful woman. How can you have any problems? Besides, I know that you, Rongguo Mansion, have been married since your old age. From the wife to the servants, everyone regards you like a phoenix. You live up to your name, and your elder sister is a favored and virtuous concubine. Now that you are pregnant with a dragon son, your family has no worries about the future. How can I be so down and out like me! I also heard that you are studying very hard at home now, but you don’t have such a distinguished family background. After one or two years, you will definitely be able to achieve success with your own abilities. Among people who were the same age as me, I am the only one who started a family so late now. I am ashamed to walk behind all of you every step of the way!"

When Liu Xianglian said this, she stood up and raised her glass to the crowd and said, "Xianglian has a lot of affection from everyone, and she eats poor food and lacks etiquette. Please forgive me. This glass of thin wine is a little way of expressing my gratitude!"

Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate each other, drank and chatted happily.

Liu Xianglian said to Baoyu again: "Baoyu, the people sitting here are all my good brothers. You sit here and talk first, eat more food and wine, and I'll go over there to toast!"

Baoyu hurriedly said, "Xianglian, you and I are friends, so you don't have to be polite!"

But in the new house, Xichun ate some snacks, tidied up the color screen, and brought hot water for Xichun to wash her hands and face.Xichun said: "Caiping, you have been with me for many years. In my heart, you are the same as my sister Lin, my second sister, and my third sister. You are all my good sisters. You accompanied me to leave Jia's mansion with fear, and have been with me all the time. Let me go to Gusu and return to the capital, I am grateful to you in my heart. Don’t worry about the color screen, after I am familiar with this place, I will let Brother Liu help you find a good man and let you start a family, just like Xueyan and Li Lei!"

Caiping hurriedly said: "Girl, I know that you and Brother Liu are thinking about me, I understand your thoughts. Caiping is an orphan. Ever since he was bought into the mansion by the uncle and let me follow the girl, the girl has always been the best to me. , I am already grateful. As long as the girl does not dislike the color screen, I am willing to serve the girl for the rest of my life, and I dare not have other unreasonable thoughts!"

After hearing this, Xichun looked at the color screen and said, "But color screen, I'm serious. Sister Lin is right, as long as you live well, maybe we will be relatives in the future and we can help each other. You know, Zijuan will She wants to marry Shui'an who is with the young prince. It's Chunxian. Because she is still young, she has to serve Wang Momo and go to Beijing Palace to serve Sister Lin. So Sister Lin said that after the New Year, we will talk about Zicuckoo and Shui'an. Chunxian may be even later."

After hearing this, Caiping hurriedly said: "Girl, you are my master, no matter whether Big Brother Liu recognizes me as a girl or not, I will help her and serve her faithfully. Caiping knows how well she treats me. She just got married now, and Caiping I only hope that from now on, Miss and Big Brother Liu will love each other and grow old together!"

Xichun looked at Caiping and said: "Caiping, of course I know that you are kind to me. When we were planning to leave Rongguo Mansion, I was willing to discuss everything with you. I will not hide anything from you because I believe in you." We have lived together for so many years, and everything you say and do makes me feel your loyalty. Now that I have a family, although I hate you, I can't miss you. Don't worry, no matter when you get married, whether you get married or not , This is my new home, and it is also your new home. We must cherish all the days from today. After a while, I will ask Brother Liu to arrange your affairs."

Caiping lowered her head and blushed and said, "The girl just got married today, and she wants to be my matchmaker so soon, do you despise Caiping?"

Seeing that Caiping was shy, Xichun smiled and said, "Caiping, there are only two of us here now, and no one knows what we say. There were so many young people in the new house just now. Now I think, Caiping, maybe in the future Brother Liu will talk to you about it." , It’s one of the new houses just now. Your elder brother said that these are his good brothers from the Imperial Guard, so they must be good young men who know martial arts! Color screen, tell me, have you seen which young man is the best? ?”

Caiping lowered her head in embarrassment and smiled, "Miss, you, like Miss Lin, have learned how to make fun of people now."

Xichun smiled and said: "Silly girl Caiping, there are no outsiders here, and no one will know what we say. I mean, if you like one of those people just now, I will ask Brother Liu for you. This is not the best way good?"

The blushing color screen poured a cup of tea for Xichun, and quickly changed the subject: "Girl, listen, there are still a lot of voices outside, there must be a lot of guests, Brother Liu should not come in so soon, girl, do you want to go first?" Take a break?"

Xichun said: "I'm a little sleepy, but look at the room, especially the bed is all red, I'm not used to it and dare not rest, if someone suddenly comes in, wouldn't it be a joke to me."

Caiping said: "New houses are like this. Didn't the second master Bao and Miss Bao use red all the time when they got married? If you don't use red, there will be no festive atmosphere."

Xichun said: "I know people say that. But you remember our house, I don't like red and bright colors the most. These colors are so dazzling, I can't get used to them no matter how they look at them."

Caiping thought for a while and said, "Girl, I'll look in the closet over there to see if there is a lighter-colored quilt!"

After talking about the color screen, I really went to look for it in the cabinet over there.

After a while, Caiping came over with a purple quilt, and said to Xichun, "Girl, I only found this color, and it looks festive. There are two other quilts in the cabinet, which are also red."

So the master and servant changed the bright red quilt on the bed, Xichun said again: "This pillow is also so red, should I change it too?"

After hearing this, the color screen hurriedly said, "Girl, I just saw that there is a pink pillow case in the cabinet, how about a pink one?"

Xichun nodded and said, "Then change to pink."

Caiping and Xichun changed the pillowcase together again, Xichun said: "After a few busy times, I'm also a little sleepy. Caiping, to tell you the truth, I also want to change my clothes."

Caiping hurriedly said: "Girl, I'm afraid it's not good. We've only been here for a few hours. Although Brother Liu said that no one will come for the time being, what if Aunt Liu and Xi Niang come in? I think we should change the clothes later. The girl is sleepy, first lean on the head of the bed to rest for a while, if someone comes, I will call the girl!"

Xichun nodded, and leaned against the head of the bed to rest with her clothes on. Caiping lowered the curtain and sat down outside to wait.

Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened.Caiping got up and cut the two big red candles, and the room became much brighter.

After a while, Aunt Liu came in, and Caiping was about to wake Xichun, when Aunt Liu hurriedly asked softly, "Caiping, where is your sister-in-law?"

The color screen pointed inside.

Aunt Liu knew that Xichun must be resting, so she hurriedly said softly: "Caiping, let your sister-in-law rest well, don't wake her up. Xianglian asked me to come and see you, saying that Feng Ziying and the young prince are waiting for several members of the imperial guards. Come here, so Xianglian may not come in until after dinner, seeing off the young prince Feng Ziying and others. Just tell me what you and your sister-in-law want to eat."

Caiping hurriedly said: "Auntie, the girl always likes to eat lightly. Brother Liu has already taken me to the kitchen to order. He will prepare some delicate side dishes for the girl, and I will bring them in later."

Aunt Liu said: "I'm afraid that Xiang Lian was busy entertaining guests outside today and forgot to tell you. Since he has made all the arrangements, I won't say anything. Caiping, I've cleaned up your house for you. Now your sister-in-law is here Rest, let me take you to have a look?"

Caiping then followed Aunt Liu out, and next to the new house, Aunt Liu pointed to the room in Jinlian's new house and said to Caiping: "Caiping, this room is for you, and it is convenient for you to take care of your sister-in-law. What, I'll help you make it up."

Color Screen went in and took a look, and saw that although the room was not big, it was very clean and tidy, and the quilts on the bed were all new, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "It's hard for my aunt to think about it, I think this is very good, there is no need to add anything."

Caiping and Aunt Liu returned to their new house, and Aunt Liu instructed again: "Caiping, I have been asking your elder brother to add two girls so that you don't get used to it when you first come here, but your elder brother said to wait for your sister-in-law's opinion, it seems that you have to live It's been a while."

Caiping hurriedly said: "Don't worry, aunt, the girl has her own ideas, just follow her!"

Aunt Liu instructed again: "Caiping, come here, you and your sister-in-law don't be restrained. From now on, we will be a family. If we want to say or do anything, we should do it like you did in Daiyuan. This place is not as open as Daiyuan, and things are also very spacious. It’s not as complete as there, but our place is very close to the street, so it’s very convenient to buy what you need. It’s inconvenient for you to go out, so just tell me what you need!”

Caiping hurriedly said: "Thank you aunt, I understand. Don't worry, aunt, the girl and I will not be restrained, you have to go to work first."

Only then did Aunt Liu walk out satisfied.

After Aunt Liu went out, Caiping guessed that Xichun would have to take a shower and change when she got up, so she went to the closet to help Xichun find a change of clothes, and just when she was ready, she heard Xichun shouting from inside: "Caiping!"

Caiping hurriedly put down the clothes in his hands, opened the curtain and walked in.

At this time, Xichun was already sitting by the bed, and asked: "Caiping, I heard voices just now, did someone come in, why didn't you wake me up?"

Caiping hurriedly said: "Girl, Aunt Liu came in just now, she knew you were resting, and specifically asked me not to wake you up. She took me to see the room prepared for me, and told me again and again, asking us not to be too restrained, saying Just tell her what you want."

Xichun touched his head and said: "Caiping, the hairpin on my head just now made my head itchy."

After Xichun finished speaking, she took off all the hairpins from her head.Caiping knew that Xichun definitely wanted to comb her hair, so she took a comb and helped Xichun remove the ornaments on her head, put down the coiled hair, and used the comb to help Xichun comb her waterfall-like long hair.

Xichun smiled and said, "No wonder people say, if you want to avoid worry, you should comb your hair more. Caiping, you comb my hair like this, we feel much more comfortable in our heads, we should be able to change clothes soon, right?"

Caiping hurriedly said: "I thought that the girl will change when she gets up, and I have already prepared the clothes for the girl. I just don't know if the color of the clothes I prepared for the girl is what the girl wants to wear tonight. The girl is still a bride today."

Xichun said: "It's almost night, as long as it's a light color."

Caiping waited for Xichun to wash and change her clothes, and helped Xichun wring out her hair.

Xi Chun said to Cai Ping: "Cai Ping, we have been in this room all the time, and I don't know what time it is, should we have dinner soon?"

Caiping nodded and said: "It should be soon, when I went to prepare hot water for the girl just now, I saw that the cook was already cooking."

Xichun said: "Caiping, did you get hot water in the cooking kitchen?"

Caiping said: "No, it's the hot water for the girl in the small kitchen in the small yard next to us. Because there is only one wall between the kitchen and the other side, I can hear it clearly. Girl, I'm going to bring you food now." ?”

Xichun said: "Caiping, I'm really hungry when you say that. You go and bring it now. Let's have dinner earlier."

The color screen heard this, got up and walked out.

After a while, Caiping served six delicate dishes, and asked Xichun with a smile, "Girl, do you want to drink?"

Xichun quickly shook her head and said, "The small glass of wine I drank just now made me sleep for so long. If I drink it again, I'm afraid I'll fall asleep after eating it. Caiping, you said Brother Liu would accompany guests at noon and brother-in-law Feng at night. Brother-in-law, will you be drunk?"

Caiping thought for a while and said, "Girl, shall we prepare a bowl of hangover soup for Brother Liu first? I remember when Baoyu got married, the old lady ordered someone to prepare a hangover soup for Baoyu early in the morning."

Xichun thought for a while and said, "Caiping, you can ask your aunt if she is ready. If not, go to the small kitchen and prepare a big bowl of hangover soup, and don't bother the big kitchen."

Caiping nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, girl, I'll pack up here later and go, they probably haven't finished their dinner so quickly."