[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

Her tears rolled down one by one like pearls, her slender white fingers held the handkerchief and wiped away the tears, like flowers stained with dew on an autumn morning, delicate and helpless.

Gu Yanwen has always liked beauties, but since Xiangling left, his heart is empty. Even if he stays with such a beautiful person as Qinger, he can't help but feel interested. He just thinks that he will never find someone like Xiangling again. Beautiful woman.Daiyu and Sister Feng were beautiful, but he couldn't move at all and didn't dare to move.As time goes by, the fire in my heart burns more and more, but it can't be extinguished, and I gradually become more and more disappointed.

At this moment, he met Second Sister You again, who was as outstanding as Xiangling, and the barely extinguished fire in his heart was ignited at once. After he was stunned, he was surprised. Looking at this face, he subconsciously wanted to reach out and hold her hand, comfort her.

At this moment, Second Sister You didn't know what Gu Yanwen was thinking, so she bowed her head and saluted, "Fourth Young Master."

Even the voice is so beautiful, Gu Yanwen thought so.

But Second Sister You's words also brought him back to reality. Only then did he remember that Second Sister You was his father's concubine. Can he still ignore human relations no matter how hard he thinks about it?

Seeing that Gu Yanwen didn't speak, Second Sister You thought he was as tired of her as Feng Shi, so she hurried away, the autumn wind blew, leaving behind a scent.

Gu Yanwen looked at the beauty's back, and subconsciously touched the corner of her clothes that had been blown by the wind.

The cold sunlight fell down, covering the whole yard with a hazy light. Gu Yanwen looked at the beauty's back without looking back, as if in a dream.

When Gu Yanwen entered the room, he saw Mrs. Feng scolding the servant girl harshly. Seeing him coming, she immediately put on a smiling face and told the crying little servant girl to get out of the way.

Gu Yanwen glanced at the little maid, somehow, he thought of Second Sister You who had tears in her eyes just now.Xin Dao, it is also crying, Second Sister You is Lanhua Qilu, and this maid will only make people bored.

It turns out that everything a beauty does is pleasing to the eye.

Feng said with a smile: "Why are you here, have you learned all the homework that Mr. taught?"

Gu Yanwen came over with big strides, "I heard that my mother is not feeling well, so my son came to visit."

Feng smiled happily, "I knew you were the most filial and sensible person. Ever since your sister got married, no one has talked with me. Fortunately, you haven't forgotten to visit me often."

Gu Yanwen laughed and said: "Honoring your mother is the duty of a son."

Although Feng loves his son dearly, what he cares most about is Gu Yanwen's study, and he asked, "How is your study going recently, have you learned everything you taught me?"

Say this every time.Gu Yanwen suppressed the impatience in his heart, and said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, I have been studying according to the teacher's teaching."

Feng Shi nodded in relief, "That's good, that's good. My son, you have to remember that we are different from Da Fang. Gu Xingchi has a title and is highly valued by His Majesty's favor, but you If you want to have a bright future, you can only rely on yourself. Next year is Qiu Wei again, you have to hurry up, look at the Lu family's proud look, isn't it because Lu Li got Tanhua? Although we are not like Lu Li You can get a Tanhua, but it’s still possible to get a Jinshi.”

Gu Yanwen felt guilty for a while.

Although he pretended to study hard every day, he was actually just dawdling. He knew exactly how much he weighed, so when he heard about the imperial examination, he wanted to avoid it.

He was bored in his heart, but he couldn't lose his temper with Feng, so he could only change the subject, "I know what mother said. Today I came to visit mother, so mother should stop talking about me. When I came in, I saw Aunt You, did she make mother angry again?"

As soon as Second Sister You was mentioned, Feng Shi became furious, "Let her embroider a veil and push back and perfunctory, I think she is relying on your father's love for her and not paying attention to me. What else does she have besides a face, and I don't know why your father was fascinated by her, running there all day, if he didn't have to go to Ning Xintang to meet your grandmother, he probably wouldn't even remember me as his wife gone."

Gu Yanwen thought to himself, if a man takes a concubine, what else can he look at if he doesn't look at his face?Feng's anger was too unreasonable.

After thinking for a while, Gu Yanwen said: "Mother's temper should also be changed, she is too impatient, and she is not angry enough to destroy her body?" His words were veiled to persuade Feng's temperament to be more gentle.

Feng said coldly: "As long as that vixen leaves the Gu family, my body will always be fine."

Gu Yanwen choked.

He felt that since Feng gave up winning the title, his temperament became more and more irritable, as if he had broken a jar. She knew that her father could not divorce her, so she was messing around in Biqiu Courtyard.

Seeing Feng's resentful expression, Gu Yanwen suddenly didn't want to stay here, got up and said, "My son suddenly remembered that he forgot to do a homework assigned by Mr., so I'm going back first."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Feng said quickly, "Okay, okay, let's go."

After leaving Biqiu Courtyard, Gu Yanwen felt comfortable all over.Ade asked, "My lord, where are we going?"

Gu Yanwen stopped in his tracks, "Let's go to Yihonglou. I heard that Yihonglou has a few new ladies. They are good-looking and have good dancing skills. It's hard for me to go out of the house once, so I'm going to see it."

As soon as he reached the door, he saw Second Sister You getting into the carriage.

Gu Yanwen noticed it all at once, "Where is she going?"

Ade guessed: "Didn't Madam say she wanted her to embroider handkerchiefs, maybe she went out to buy silk threads?"

Gu Yanwen said: "Send someone to follow."

Second Sister You burst into tears as soon as she entered the room, and she threw herself into Old Madam You's arms, "Mother, I can't live through this day, if this continues, I might as well die."

Mrs. You held her and cried for a while, looked at her and said, "Silly boy, why do you say that, is the second master treating you badly?"

Looking at Second Sister You's hair full of jewels, she doesn't look like she has been treated harshly.

"I heard you say last time that you are the only concubine left in the second bedroom, why today..."

Second Sister You wiped away her tears, "Second Master treats me well, but Madam always makes things difficult for me, and often calls me over to scold me. A few days ago, she asked me to do embroidery work, and after finishing it, she thought I was not good at it." Well, always let me do it again, I haven’t been free for a long time, and today I still come to you to complain in front of you on the grounds that I personally bought silk thread to embroider the veil for my wife.”

Mrs. You sighed: "My son, you have been wronged, why don't you just tell the second master to let him decide for you."

Second Sister You shook her head, "It's useless, I'm just a concubine, the second master will let me bear it if he finds out, if I keep suing, he will get tired of me, so I have no choice but to bear it. "

Third Sister You lifted the curtain and came in just in time to hear this, and laughed ironically: "I didn't know who it was at the beginning, and they were rushing to serve as a concubine, and now they come to us to complain about what?"

Mrs. You said: "Third sister, don't say a few words. She is your own sister, you don't feel wronged for her, and you are still making sarcastic remarks here."

Third Sister You sat down on the chair and took the dustpan on the table, "She has ruined my reputation and prevented me from getting married, so why don't I complain?"

She subconsciously touched the wound on her neck. Although she blamed Liu Xianglian for not understanding her, she was even more blamed by Second Sister You.

Mrs. You said to Second Sister You: "Didn't I tell you to get closer to Mrs. Hou, you don't have a date?"

"Of course I flattered her, but she was still willing to see me at first, but later she always refused to meet me for various reasons. I also had no choice but to give up." Second Sister You frowned, her tone sour, "She's the wife of the wife, and I'm just an aunt. Wouldn't it be self-degrading if she always associates with me?"

Thinking that now that Sister Feng gave birth to a daughter-in-law, she would be even more beautiful, and she would be more loved by Gu Xingchi and Mrs. Gu, she felt extremely sour in her heart.I have to lament that the same person is not the same, no matter how envious and jealous she is of these honors, they can't become hers.

Hearing this, Mrs. You said, "So, you can only rely on the child. Has your stomach not moved after so long?"

Sister Feng kept people watching the second room, especially Feng Shi's whereabouts, so it was natural to hear that Feng Shi had people looking for that thing.

"Ma'am, what is Second Madam going to do?" Ping'er felt that the Second Madam had become so scary now.

Sister Feng smiled faintly, "It means literally."

Ping'er said in a low voice: "But that's...that's the cure for a child."

Sister Feng nodded, "Yes, you heard that right."

Ping'er: "..." Oh my god, the second lady is too cruel.

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Since Second Aunt has worked so hard to get here, let's pretend we don't know."

For Mrs. Feng, this is a happy event, but for Sister Feng, it is a play. Now she is just waiting for the good show to begin.

Just after lunch, Sister Feng sat outside holding Qiao for a while, and Qiao fell asleep.Sister Feng kissed Sister Qiao on the forehead, and let the nanny carry her back to her room.

After a while, I heard that the Wang family had come. It turned out that Wang Ren's wife, Yin Shi, was happy.

Sister Feng stood up in shock, "Is this true?"

The person who reported the letter said: "It's absolutely true, Madame has asked three doctors to read it for Grandma, and it is indeed a happy pulse."

"Okay, that's great." Sister Feng said, "Get the carriage ready and go to Wang's house now."

Xiang'er hurriedly sent people to go.

Ping'er waited on Sister Feng to change her clothes, and said with a smile, "I think my wife is happier than when I was pregnant."

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Sister Feng helped the golden hairpin in her hair, "The Wang family finally has incense, so I'm naturally happy."

After a while, Xiang'er came in and said, "Madam, the carriage is ready."

Sister Feng stood up, "Let's go."

Before leaving, he was reluctant to look at sister Qiao, and asked the nanny to take good care of her.

Yingzhu smiled and said: "Madam, don't worry, there are slaves here, so you can go at ease."

The carriage drove smoothly all the way, and soon arrived at Wang's house.

Cui'er helped Sister Feng down, "Madam knew you would come back, so she specially asked the servant to wait at the door."

Sister Feng asked as she walked, "The doctor said, is the baby in sister-in-law's stomach all right?"

"Don't worry, grandma, the child is fine. Madam is also very happy, and wrote a letter to the master as soon as the diagnosis was made, so that the master will be happy with us."

The two were talking while walking, at this time two people walked towards each other, and when they saw Sister Feng, they immediately stopped and walked to salute.

These two people didn't seem to be servants of the Wang family, and Sister Feng didn't know each other very well, so she asked Cui'er, "Whose son is this?"

Cui'er smiled and said: "You don't remember? He is the second son of Master Tian's family, who is a member of the Ministry of War. When our master was working in Beijing, he often came to our house to visit the master, and he also brought his two sons here. .”

Sister Feng recalled it and remembered it.This Mr. Tian used to be a subordinate of Wang Ziteng, but he was injured later, so he stopped following Wang Ziteng. With Wang Ziteng's help, he became a member of the military department and was promoted to doctor last year.

"But my uncle has been working outside for several years, why did he suddenly come to visit the house?"

Sister Feng was wondering, but when she saw Yin Shi, she was only happy.

Yin Shi was carefully helped to lie down on the bed. Mrs. Jiang asked someone to serve Yin Shi and warned the people in the courtyard to take good care of her.

Yin strokes her flat belly, feeling very proud, sometimes she says this is not good, and then it is that which is not to her liking, so she tosses hard.

Mrs. Jiang was not angry either, she said to Sister Feng, "Here we come so soon."

Sister Feng walked into the house, looked at Mrs. Yin, "It's such a big happy event, of course I want to come."

Mrs. Jiang smiled from ear to ear, "I also wrote to your sister, she must come over in a while."

Even though Sister Feng didn't like the Yin family, she couldn't bear to be cold because she was pregnant with the Wang family's child, "Congratulations to my sister-in-law for her pregnancy. My sister-in-law must concentrate on raising the baby. Tell my aunt what you want, and your servant will serve you." If it’s not good, just tell your aunt, don’t move your fetus.”

Yin Shi also knew that Sister Feng spoke softly to her because of the child, so she glanced at her, "Of course I know this, why do you need to worry about it?"

Sister Feng was not angry either, and said with a smile, "I kindly reminded my sister-in-law, not only for the incense of the Wang family, but also for my sister-in-law's sake. It's not easy for my sister-in-law to be pregnant. If you can give birth smoothly, won't you also rely on me?" She left Went to the bedside and whispered in Yin's ear, "If the sister-in-law is going all over the place because she is pregnant, and in the end the child is gone, you will be the one who suffers. If someone from the Wang family takes over from a side branch for the sake of successors, how will you gain a foothold in the Wang family then?" ?”

After saying that, she stood up, still looking at Yin with a gentle smile.

Faced with Yin's resentful eyes, Sister Feng didn't say much, and Yin must be able to weigh clearly the stakes.

"Auntie, where did brother go?"

The Yin family had a child, and Mrs. Jiang's dissatisfaction with Wang Ren was greatly reduced. "I have already sent someone to look for it."

After staying in Yin's room for a while, Mrs. Jiang said: "Let's go out, don't disturb your sister-in-law's rest."

After leaving the room, Sister Feng asked: "When I came, I met Mr. Tian. Is there anything wrong with him coming to the Wang family?"

"I was just about to tell you." Mrs. Jiang said, "A few days ago, your aunt brought Miss Xue here."

Sister Feng's eyes wavered slightly.Aunt Xue, mother and daughter have never been close to Mrs. Jiang, so why did they come to visit specially?

Mrs. Jiang said again: "You also know that Miss Xue is now in her [-]th year, and your aunt should be anxious about her lifelong affairs, but she has retired after all, and she came from a merchant family, and there is no man in the family. It's really difficult to rely on your aunt alone, so you can only ask me to come here. I think, since we are all relatives, we can help."

Sister Feng understood, "Is the Second Young Master Tian the one whom my aunt likes?"

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "Although he is a concubine, he is also the son of an official family. He is also talented, so he passed the exam, but because of a serious illness, Chun Wei was delayed, so he can only wait for another three years, that is, next year Yes. I think with his ability, it is not a problem to pass the Jinshi exam. Originally, Mr. Tian wanted to marry the second son after Chunwei. With a Jinshi background, he can naturally choose a better family. But I will go there in person. His family talked about this, and they learned that Ms. Xue is your uncle's niece, and they heard from me that Ms. Xue is gentle, dignified and virtuous, with both talent and appearance, so after some consideration, they decided to take a look at each other."

Sister Feng said: "Regardless of her background, Miss Xue is indeed a good girl."

Mrs. Jiang said: "I think so too. After your aunt and Miss Xue left, I asked him. Although he didn't say it clearly, I can see that he is very satisfied. There should be no problem with Mr. Tian and Mrs. Tian."

Sister Feng nodded and said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, Mr. Tian Er is much better than Baoyu. If Miss Xue is willing, that would be great. The Tian family will treat her kindly for uncle's sake."

Mrs. Jiang said: "That's true."

Soon, Wang Xihe also came, and he brought the child. After seeing the Yin family, they chatted and laughed, and they were about to go back to their homes.

Sister Feng hugged Brother Yu, "Auntie is leaving, I will bring your cousin to see you some other day."

The nanny carried Brother Yu over and got into the carriage first.

Wang Xihe said: "I also like sister Qiao very much, but now I have to take care of brother Yu, and I have only seen her twice. In a few days, you must take sister Qiao to Jiang's house."

Sister Feng urged her to get into the carriage, "Okay, okay, I will definitely go."

Wang Xihe said: "When the Longevity Day comes, my sister will wait for me, and we will go together."

"Of course." Sister Feng said, "However, you have to be more careful then."

"Sister, I know. I'm much calmer now, and I won't cause trouble."

Sister Feng laughed, "Okay, it's getting late, you go back quickly."

She was not worried that Wang Xihe would get into trouble, but she was worried that the sixth princess would not let it go. Wang Xihe has a simple temperament, and it would be bad if he was tricked.But having said that, Princess Six has tripped them up several times, so it's time to charge her some interest.

As soon as the Jiang family's carriage left, Sister Feng saw a man riding a horse in front of her. She took a closer look and saw that it was Gu Xingchi's figure.

After a while, the horse stopped in front of Sister Feng. Gu Xingchi got off the horse and said bitterly, "Why don't you go back? I've been waiting for you for a long time. I really can't wait, so I can only come to pick you up."

After saying that, he threw the horse to Gu Jin, and helped Sister Feng into the carriage by himself.

The carriage drove slowly, and Sister Feng lowered the curtain.Thinking about the Sixth Princess, he asked, "Have you found out about Zhang Meiren?"

"Find some." Gu Xingchi said, "However, many years have passed, and there is naturally no evidence. But in many cases, whether there is evidence is not important, as long as the purpose can be achieved."

In a blink of an eye, the day of Wanshou Festival came. Two days ago, Sister Feng heard that Sun Shaozu had attacked an official position in the capital, and Jia Amnesty went to Sun's house.

Speaking of which, Yingchun is considered older among the sisters of the Jia family, and she has reached the age when she should marry her. Does Jia Amnesty decide to marry Yingchun now?

In the previous life, although Yingchun was her sister-in-law, she didn't take care of Yingchun much. Although she didn't treat Yingchun harshly, she let her go.Knowing that the mother-in-law's servants bullied Yingchun, but she didn't care.The most abominable thing is Jia Amnesty, because he owed the Sun family 5000 taels of silver and did not want to pay back, so he pushed Yingchun into the wolf's den, and finally made Yingchun tortured to death.She sympathizes with Yingchun, so let's help her avoid tragedy by the way.

After tidying up, he entered the palace.

At the gate of the palace, Gu Xingchi dismounted from his horse and helped Sister Feng down, attracting everyone's attention.

After all, everyone knows that the emperor canonized the daughter of a courtier who was just three days old as the county lord. I can't help but want to see what makes Sister Feng different. First, she won Gu Xingchi's love and then made her own daughter the county lord .

However, apart from beauty, they can't see anything.

Sister Feng didn't care about the eyes of those people, and followed them into the palace.Wang Xihe walked up to Sister Feng and took Gu Xingchi's place, so Gu Xingchi and Jiang Chaoan had to follow behind.

In the depths of the palace, Gu Qiongju saw Gu Qionghua, immediately raised his hands and said, "Sister, this way."

Seeing what Gu Qionghua and King Qing said, they came over.

Jiang Chaoan and Gu Xingchi met King Qing and walked side by side.

Along the way, many people saw that the four women were talking and laughing while walking, and the three men followed behind.It was as if he saw a strange thing, and looked at several people with a very strange look.

The sixth princess stood not far away and saw this scene, but her attention was focused on Wang Xihe and Jiang Chaoan.He was obviously married and had a child, but Wang Xihe still acted like a child, smiling so innocently, he must have been well protected.And Jiang Chaoan walked behind her, his eyes never moved away from her from the beginning to the end, his eyes were full of helplessness and doting.

Anger rolled in her heart, and she couldn't vomit out a breath of depression in her chest.

Since Wang Xihe and Jiang Chao'an got married, she tried to attack Wang Xihe several times, but they all failed.Come to think of it, Jiang Chaoan already expected that she would not give up, so he took strict precautions, and there were people protecting Wang Xihe wherever he went.She endured until the time of Wang Xihe's delivery. She originally wanted to bribe a few people to kill Wang Xihe, but it still didn't work.Now that she saw the incomparably loving appearance of the two of them again, the anger in her heart was blazing.

She is a princess, and everything she likes should belong to her, but someone wants to take it away.This aroused her desire to win and possess even more. She would not admit that she was inferior to Wang Xihe, so she would not give up no matter what.Now at this time, it doesn't matter whether she likes it or not, the important thing is that she wins and ruins Wang Xihe's reputation!

"Has everything been arranged?" Princess Six asked as she looked at the people who were walking farther and farther away.

Qingying said with a smile: "Everything is arranged, the princess just wait and see the good show."

The sixth princess has made full preparations for today.She sent someone to inquire about the men who attended the banquet today, and finally found a man who was in line with her heart.

Sun Shaozu's family was in a difficult situation in the past, and he begged for help from the Jia family to have a better life later. Now he has just attacked an official in Beijing.I heard that he is not only lustful, but also violent.Every time after having sex with a woman, the woman's body is covered with scars, and countless women have been beaten to death by him.But he was buried quietly by others, so outsiders didn't know his true face, and thought he was a decent gentleman.

So, the six princesses picked and picked, and chose Sun Shaozu.To be insulted by a man of humble background who is lustful and violent is the best punishment for that man.With so many ministers and officials present, let's see how she will gain a foothold in the capital?I'm afraid I will be abandoned and then commit suicide.

At the banquet, Jiang Chaoan told Wang Xihe, "You will be with your aunt and Madam Hou later, so don't run around, you know?"

Wang Xihe said: "I understand, you go quickly."

Sister Feng and Gu Xingchi looked at each other and smiled, Gu Xingchi nodded slightly, and Shaoqing left.

Her eyes skipped over the many female relatives, and finally fell in the front direction.Several princesses surrounded a woman in red like stars holding the moon. The woman raised her chin and glanced at them as if giving alms, like a proud phoenix.