embarrassment for man and wife

Although Mrs. Chen is not familiar with the situation in the capital city, it can be said that she doesn't know any of these high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital city. She never thought about going around, but in the end she didn't expect that she would actually receive a letter from the county magistrate. Regarding the invitation sent by someone, Mrs. Chen actually didn't know much about this banquet, but she was still sensible, so he directly arranged for Mrs. Chen to follow her with a powerful nanny. Everyone in the village was called Madam Du, and Wang Zhi asked Madam Du to go with Mrs. Chen just when it was necessary, so that she could remind Mrs. Chen by her side.

Regarding this kind of thing, Zhuohua was actually a little uneasy in his heart, but after thinking about it, Chen and others will live here in the future, and some things will have to be touched sooner or later, especially the future of the two younger sisters. Thinking about it, Zhuo Hua simply volunteered to follow Mrs. Chen.

Regarding this, Chen was a little surprised: "Aren't all the female family members invited by the county lord? Is it suitable for you to go?".

Zhuo Hua was slightly taken aback, and thought for a while: "I don't want to go to the women's family, and just find a place to stay by myself when the time comes."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen smiled lightly: "You".

Ziqing also said: "Aniang, let Zhuohua go with you, it's okay, and besides, I'm not at ease if I only let you go there."

Chen nodded and sighed softly.

The deputy housekeeper Xiao Zhou came in from outside and saluted them respectfully: "Madam, miss, the carriage is ready."

Mrs. Chen nodded, said trouble to Xiao Zhou, and went out with Zhuo Hua and two daughters.

Ziqing originally had something to do, so after thinking about it, he might as well accompany them there, send them to the door, and go to work by himself.

The carriage swayed, and when it came to the gate of the county lord's mansion, there were already many female relatives of high-ranking officials and noble families standing on the gate, some were as old as the Chen family, and some were just fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls However, the younger ones, just like Xiaoyue and Xiaoliu, just follow their mother obediently.

When the carriage of Mrs. Chen and others came over, everyone standing on the door looked towards this side curiously, and each of them was guessing that this was the wife of that family again, who was suspicious, and saw inside, A slender man in green clothes came out first. The man didn't look very old, but the gentleness between his eyebrows was as warm as the sun, which made people feel very comfortable.

"Whose young master is this?"

"Why did the county lord invite a male guest today?"

At the door, everyone discussed in low voices, and all looked over there.

As for Ziqing, after getting off the carriage, he saw a group of female family members at the gate. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he smiled faintly at everyone, then turned around and opened the curtain of the carriage again.

The first to get out of it were his two younger sisters, followed by Zhuohua, and lastly Chen's.

Madam Du, who came with Mrs. Chen, brought a few maidservants, and got off the carriage at the back door. As soon as she landed, she hurried to Mrs. Chen and the others: "Madam, this is the county lord's mansion." ".

Mrs. Chen looked up at the gate of the county lord's mansion, and couldn't help but sighed with a smile: "The lintel of this county lord's mansion...is really not ordinary."

Madam Du laughed and said, "Ma'am, you don't know yet, this county master is not the master of ordinary people."

"Oh?" Chen looked surprised.

Madam Du seemed worried, so she didn't say much.

Ziqing supported Chen's hand, sent them two steps towards the door, and then stopped: "Aniang, I will send you here. Later, when I come back, I will drop by to pick you up. ".

Mrs. Chen nodded and smiled: "Okay, Madam Du is following us, you don't have to worry, go get busy, we'll just wait for you here."

Ziqing nodded and smiled, then patted Zhuohua on the head again, telling him to take good care of his sister and Mrs Chen, then turned around and got into the carriage again.

Seeing the carriage swaying away, Chen's eyelids drooped slightly, she sighed softly, and then led the crowd to the gate following Mother Du.

At this time, the previous female family members had already entered back and forth, only one or two were still far away, looking at this side from a distance, and seemed to be a little curious about the situation here.

After entering the gate, Mother Du only took out the post in her sleeve, and as soon as she handed it over, the face of the servant who greeted her changed immediately: "It turns out that she is the wife of the General of the Zhenjun's residence. This servant is so blind that I almost didn't recognize her." Come here, please, the county magistrate has been waiting in the flower hall for a long time."

Mrs. Chen was slightly startled when she heard this, thinking that she had never even met the county lord before, so why should she be waiting so anxiously for him?

Xiaoyue and Xiaoliu also looked at each other suspiciously, and they all looked a little inexplicable. Madam Du nodded slightly at the young servant and smiled, leading Mrs. Chen to follow the gate to the servant girl to enter. Unexpectedly, several people After walking a few steps, someone's voice was heard behind him.

"Zhuohua?"

"Huh?" Zhuo Hua, Chen Shi and the others stopped, turned their heads suspiciously to look at the door, and saw Xie Chen Shi, Xie Chen Shi, Xie Lan Shi, and Xie Wu Shi coming for an appointment, and the exit called himself The person who has the same surname as Chen, but is now crowned with the surname of her husband's family, Xie Chen.

"They are...?" Chen Shi was suspicious.

Zhuohua had a complicated expression on his face, but he responded in a low voice: "They are all from the Xie family...".

With a twinkle in her eyes, Chen understood.

They were talking, Xie Chen and others also entered the gate.Zhuohua took Chen's face seriously, although he was a little embarrassed about the farce he had with Xie Junnan, but when he thought that Xie's family didn't know the truth, Zhuohua could only bite the bullet and yell at them one by one past.

Xie Chen hasn't seen Zhuohua for a long time, and now seeing her, she is very happy, but...

"Zhuohua, have you gained weight?" Xie Chen was slightly surprised.

Xie Lanshi nodded with a smile in his eyes: "It's been a while since I saw him, and he looks like he has gained a lot of weight."

Xie Wushi didn't have much interest in Zhuohua, she just smiled and turned to look at Chenshi: "Who is this?".

Mother Du didn't wait for Mrs. Chen to speak, she answered for Mrs. Chen first: "My wife is the elder sister of the general of the Zhenjun".

Zhuo Hua nodded: "Well, it's my mother too."

As soon as this name came out, Xie Wu's face froze slightly.

Chen's eyes glanced at a few people, and finally fixed his gaze on Xie Chen's body: "I heard from Zhuohua earlier that she was in the capital these days, thanks to everyone who took care of him, I just came to the capital. , I’m not familiar with the place, I didn’t find the time to thank you personally, please don’t take offense.”

Xie Chen said with a smile: "It turns out that it is my wife. If you say these words, you will be offended. Zhuohua and Shiro are husband and wife. They are also my half son. I should take care of him."

Hearing this, Chen's eyes flickered slightly, as if something had rolled down his throat, but when he looked at Zhuohua again, Chen obviously remembered how he and Xie Junnan were kneeling on the ground back then, Chen Pursing his lips into a smile, he simply swallowed those words.

Xie Lanshi covered her mouth and smiled: "It's a coincidence today, I never thought that we would meet here, but this gate is not a place to talk after all, why don't we go in first and talk about it later?".

Mrs. Xie Chen blamed herself with a smile and sighed: "Look at me, seeing my wife, I was so happy that I almost forgot the rules for a while. It's not appropriate for our large group of people to be stuck here. Why don't we all go in first?" .

Mrs. Chen nodded along with the trend, followed Xie Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Xie Lan and the others towards the inside. They were a group of four noble ladies, with the maids and mothers around them. From a distance, they looked like a huge group of people, okay? Spectacular, but the most conspicuous among this group of people is probably Zhuo Hua, because he is the only young man.

But Zhuo Hua didn't feel embarrassed, he just quietly followed Chen Shi and Xie Chen Shi, listened to their conversation, and occasionally added a few words, but when Xie Lan Shi and Drooping Eyes were smiling, he found Chen Shi The two girls next to Shi, who looked exactly alike, couldn't help but straighten their eyes!

"These two girls are really beautiful, and they are exactly the same..." Xie Lanshi smiled, and there was a bit of exclamation in his voice.

Xiaoyue and Xiaoliu looked up at her together, not to mention that the two girls looked exactly alike, even the eyes and the tip of the eyebrows seemed to be printed from the same mold.

Xie Chen lowered her head and looked, her eyes sparkled immediately: "These two little girls, could they be the two younger sisters that Zhuohua mentioned at the beginning? Twins?".

With a smile on Zhuohua's face, he stopped and pulled the two younger sisters to his side: "Auntie, Auntie, Mother, you see, they are my two younger sisters, identical twins, unique in our village. !”.

As soon as Zhuohua's words came out, all the people standing together in twos and threes in the front yard were instantly attracted to them. They all stretched their necks and looked towards Zhuohua and his two younger sisters.

The old people said that twins are a blessing, a lucky star, and a prosperous family. It's just that the twins, not to mention in the capital, even in the whole world, may not appear many times. Today, it is rare to meet such twins It's a rare thing, don't you have to gather around one by one to see what's new?

However, this look really surprised many wives and young ladies. It is common for sisters to resemble each other, but there is no one like Xiaoliu and Xiaoyue who are exactly the same. If it weren't for the two little girls today If they were dressed differently, others might think that they came to juggle and look in the mirror to conjure them up.

As for Xiaoliu Xiaoyue, although it has become a habit to be surrounded by people in the village since she was a child, when she came to the capital and was suddenly surrounded by so many irrelevant people, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous and embarrassed. Chen Shi ran over and hugged Chen Shi!

"Auntie...".

"Auntie...".

The little girl's voice was so soft that it made people's hearts soften.

However, it was also the sound of "A Niang" that caused some ladies and ladies present to change their expressions in an instant. The strange surprise just now was gradually replaced by the contempt.

In the capital, ladies from rich families usually replace their mothers with mothers, especially in such occasions in front of outsiders, only those from ordinary people call their mothers, and some rural areas , then it is A Niang who is called.

and so……

Although she is the elder sister of the general of the Zhenjun, she comes from a humble background and cannot stand on the stage...

Holding her two daughters in her arms, Mrs. Chen just glanced at the crowd, and vaguely understood the expressions in their eyes. Zhuohua stood up, seeing that Mrs. Chen's expression was not right, and when she turned her head suspiciously to look around, but I didn't find anything, and I couldn't help but feel even more confused at the moment.

Before this little episode was over, someone walked over quickly from the door of the hall. The person was about forty, dressed in luxurious clothes, which only showed her grace and dignity. Surrounded by so many people, she was slightly suspicious, and then she got a signal from the nanny beside her, and then she reacted, and finally fixed her eyes on Mrs. Chen.

"Presumably this lady is the eldest sister of General Wan Teng, Mrs. Chen?"

Chen looked around suspiciously, still guessing who this person was, and heard everyone around him salute to him: "Meet the county lord".

Chen Shi was slightly startled, and exchanged glances with Zhuo Hua, and then they realized it in each other's eyes.

It turns out that this person is the county head?But is the county magistrate actually a high official?Even if everyone saluted her, wouldn't they have to salute too?

Chen Shi and Zhuo Hua were thinking wildly, the county lord had already stepped forward, waiving everyone's ceremony.Chen Shi and Zhuo Hua took advantage of the situation to avoid saluting.

Covering her mouth and laughing lightly, the county lord saw the two girls in front of Chen's body first, her eyes widened immediately, as if seeing a rare treasure, but Xiaoyue and Xiao Liu's scalp became numb from the county lord's gaze, and she let go of Chen Shi's hand, and the two of them ran towards Zhuo Hua at the same time, and hid behind Zhuo Hua together!

Zhuo Hua saw it as funny, but the others laughed at it, as expected, he still couldn't get on the stage!

But the county owner didn't feel it at all. After being slightly taken aback, she touched her face instead, and turned to look at the girl who was following her: "Is there something hidden on my face? How dare those two little girls Scared off?".

The girl was fourteen or fifteen years old, with fair complexion and beautiful appearance. She was different from other rich ladies who dressed herself up for the banquet. She was only dressed in a green shirt, with blue sky and water, and loose long hair that came down to her waist. , with a few simple and small buns on her head, and a few crystal red hairpins inserted obliquely beside her, her appearance is elegant and graceful. Seeing the county magistrate's reaction, the girl smiled lightly: "Mother joked again. I see, the two younger sisters were clearly frightened by the look in the mother's eyes just now."

The county lord raised his eyebrows slightly, and knocked on the girl's head: "Nonsense! I'm so gentle and kind, how can my eyes be scary?".

The girl smiled but said nothing.

Mrs. Chen also said: "It's my two girls who are not up to date. They have never seen anything in the world, but they made the county master laugh."

The county lord smiled, and approached Mrs. Chen: "Where's the chance, those two girls, I can see that they are very lively, it's just..." I still want to take a look at these two girls again.

The girl understood what her mother meant, she smiled lightly, and approached Zhuohua, first saluted Zhuohua, and then looked at the two girls: "You two sisters are not afraid, my mother is not malicious, come, May I take you there?" She said, reaching out to the two of them.

Xiaoyue and Xiaoliu looked at each other, then looked up at Zhuohua tacitly, as if asking for Zhuohua's permission, Zhuohua patted their heads and smiled at them: "Go, don't be afraid".

After getting a response, the two reached out and gently squeezed the girl's hand.

Zhuo Hua stood where he was, watching his two younger sisters being led out like this. For some reason, he suddenly had the illusion that his cabbage was going to be poached....

Covering his mouth and coughing lightly, Zhuohua stopped his wild thoughts.

Next to him, a servant bowed to him and said: "Master, Qianqiu Songtang is full of male guests, why don't you take the son over here?".

Zhuo Hua nodded, but before leaving, he still greeted Chen and the others first, so as not to worry them.However, when he followed the boy to the Qianqiu Songtang, he realized that there are also many male guests here, some old and some young, standing together in twos and threes, it is very lively.

In this situation, Zhuo Hua couldn't help swallowing.

He... didn't even know anyone! ! !