A visit to Fangchun

The two walked away awkwardly.

Only then did Jia Tanchun sigh and go back to Jia's mother's words: "The two of them are the most worrying ones!"

Jia Mu laughed out loud.

Yuanyang pulled her back and said, "Miss Bao also wants to follow suit. Miss Lin is weak, I'm afraid she will be compared to her in no time..."

Tanchun knew that she was instigating himself for Jiamu again, so he replied angrily: "What do you care about her? Which of the old mothers in the palace is not sharp-eyed? You can see who is for what at a glance. What is the use of Sister Lin?" What's more, if the old lady understands this kind of thing, doesn't it mean that the empress understands it? Since the empress understands in the heart, Sister Lin will not care about this kind of matter, so let her go. Everyone Seeing that she is the most disciplined, that's fine!"

Yuanyang sneered when she rolled her eyes, and teased, "Third Miss, why don't you want to compare yourself with others? I think, if you want to, Third Miss, the rules must be a hundred times better than others!"

Tanchun turned his head and left: "You said it too, that's up to me. I don't want to now."

Yuanyang bent over with a smile, went back and said this to Jia Mu, but Jia Mu was tempted, and specially found the three sisters Ying Tanxi, and told them carefully: "Your Majesty gave the nurturing mother to come out and teach the rules. , it’s only about ten days in total. In fact, I can’t teach much. But for you sisters, I’m afraid that this shop will disappear after you pass this village. The usual rules in our family are naturally good, but the parenting methods in the palace are not unusual , you must study hard.”

The three sisters had to say yes.

Mother Jia told Tanchun again: "You are less afraid of hardship than your sisters, so study hard, and if the two of them can't remember, they will point to you to teach them later."

The next day when the nuns came, Mother Jia invited them over, and asked politely, "How many of you are going back to the palace every day? Or are you just staying with us for a few days?"

The old nun at the head, surnamed Xu, replied respectfully: "Your Majesty has something to say, let this old servant follow the old lady, and tell the wives and grandmothers these few days. For the remaining three, each girl will send one to tell them well. explain!"

Mother Jia was overjoyed when she heard the words, and cupped her hands upwards: "The empress is so kind, the imperial concubine is really thoughtful. That's it." After a pause, she asked again, "There is a concubine and their sister living in our house. One of my granddaughters, my mother has orders, so she should learn it too, right?"

Mother Xu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "It is not necessary. But since they are all very close relatives, with the generosity of the imperial concubine, I am afraid that they will be seen by imperial concubine at that time. These few should follow the old slave. "

When Jia's mother heard this, she knew that Nanny Xu might not be the concubine Yuan's close friend, but was appointed by the empress. She felt more at ease and smiled all over her face: "Yes. There are rituals in the palace, and we all follow them."

Nanny Xu also let out a sigh of relief - if this old ancestor really messed around and forced those relatives to learn from the three girls of the Jia family, then the concubine Yuan's private entreaties could not be fulfilled one by one. Achieved.

Aunt Xue naturally followed Mrs. Wang. Every morning Mrs. Wang went to Jiamu's main room to listen to how to get up, how to kneel, and how to worship, and then went to do housework.After an hour, Madam Xu taught Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu the rules of etiquette.After eating at noon, Nanny Xu followed Jia Mu's habit and took a nap for an hour. In the afternoon, she spent gossiping with Jia Mu.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai naturally wanted to occupy the one or two hours in the afternoon, and asked Madam Xu to teach her more, but Mother Jia rudely pushed her back: "Mama is old, how can I bear such a thing?" Tired? What's more, we two old people talk about ancient times, which is considered private, so I don't invite you two to listen."

Xue Baochai blushed with embarrassment, pulled Aunt Xue, covered her face and ran back, almost falling on the bed and crying loudly.

Aunt Xue quickly persuaded: "Originally, it is true. You are waiting to be selected into the palace, and the rules you should learn are completely different from theirs. The nuns in the palace are all people with sharp eyebrows. Ken has taught you with all his heart at this time? What if the day when you enter the palace in the future, the things they taught are not suitable for use in the palace, and if something goes wrong, who is to blame? They also have to be careful. .”

Only then did Xue Baochai recover, not daring to cry anymore.But she is very clear in her heart: Concubine Yuan won't allow herself to be favored in the palace if she is favored; What kind of person would try his best to teach him the etiquette rules in the palace?This is already a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.It's just a pity that people don't want to...

After their mother and daughter left, Mother Jia sincerely apologized to Nanny Xu: "The family leads the imperial merchants, and they haven't come to Beijing for many years, and the rules have been forgotten. I made it difficult for you."

Nanny Xu smiled and waved her hands, but she seemed to love Lin Daiyu's timid appearance very much, she just walked around and asked her: "Your granddaughter in the family is very well-behaved, she won't take more than a step, and won't say a word, Can it be said that she is the daughter of Tan Hua Lang back then?"

Mother Jia wiped her tears when she heard this, and sighed: "That's right, their family has generations of scholars, and they were originally a very good family. It's a pity that her parents died early, and this child was left alone, so she had to come and join me."

Mammy Xu immediately felt sorry for her, so she invited her to sit and have tea and gossip with her, looking very amazed.After Lin Daiyu left, Fang smiled and said to Jia Mu: "I heard from my old sisters that the three girls in the house are very smart, and they can tell a little bit. But they can pretend to be naive, so that the sisters don't look like a fool." Too bad. My heart is very kind. My old sister loves her very much, so she begged me to ask the old lady: if one day she can leave the palace, would Miss San be willing to take her in?"

Mother Jia was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly: "If that's the case, it's a blessing for our family's third girl!"

Mother Xu pursed her lips and smiled, and asked again: "As for Miss Lin of your family, I personally admire her very much. If my old sister really has this day, I think it will be my day too. I don't know if Miss Lin may take me in." Is it?"

Mother Jia wept when she heard this, she got up from her seat and bowed her knees to Nanny Xu: "If I really can get you to take care of her, I can close my eyes in peace!"

In this way, Nanny Xu was not in a hurry to teach Lin Daiyu etiquette, but instead chatted with her every day, occasionally reminding her what to say and what not to say.

Lin Daiyu was surprised, and quietly went to find Tanchun, wanting to ask, but found that the Nanny Shen who lived in Tanchun's place was very strict. It's nice to stare at.Lin Daiyu felt guilty after seeing it, stuck out her tongue, and left quietly.

Zhao Momo, Dai Shu, Cui Mo, and Xiao Chan were all taught by Shen Momo, and they were very surprised.

Shen Momo told them clearly: "The imperial concubine said that if you just teach the girls and don't care about the people who serve you, it's tantamount to teaching them in vain. For the sake of the girls, you all have to work hard!"

A few people had to bite the bullet and follow suit.Fortunately, when going to bed at night, Nanny Shen only stared at Tanchun's sleeping posture, but ignored them.A few people were so tired that they could sleep until dawn when they fell down.

In this way, on the afternoon of the [-]th, the four nuns gathered together and had a little discussion. Still, Mammy Xu replied to Jiamu's words: "It's good that the women in the house have learned the rules. We will stay with you until the end of the day." When the imperial concubine returned to the palace, they went back together."

Mother Jia was busy talking about the hard work, and ordered to bring the reward silver: "The things in the house are rough, and the nuns will take care of them. Be careful, go back and reward people."

Nanny Xu declined for a while, then thanked and accepted.

Because the imperial pen approved returning to the province on the [-]th day of the Lantern Festival, on the [-]th day, Jia's mansion was very busy, and it was impossible to sleep.

Nanny Xu and Nanny Shen didn't care about that, they just told Mother Jia, Lin Daiyu and Tanchun in private: "Although there was no decree, there must be festivals in the palace, and there will be banquets in the evening. Ladies must come out early. Go to sleep and don't think too much."

The three of them slept peacefully for a whole night.

In the early morning of the next day, Mrs. Wang and others all put on heavy makeup according to their tastes, and went to the gate of the mansion to wait for shifts. Pedestrians, surrounded by curtains.

Because Jiamu's main room was also cleaned up, it was prepared for the family to talk about after the concubine Yuan traveled and left her career.So now Jia Mu is resting in Lin Daiyu's house.When she got up together, Lin Daiyu also wanted to get up early, but Madam Xu held her down and let her continue to sleep: "Your surname is not Jia, so you shouldn't be in this class. If you go out and stand there without an edict, what's that called?" Offender!"

Zijuan was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly stuffed Daiyu back under the quilt, muttering in a low voice: "In such a cold day, I should have gotten up later." Daiyu obediently rolled over and continued to sleep.

Mrs. Wang stood for a long time without seeing Tanchun coming, and she was already annoyed with anger, but after a while she saw that she helped Jiamu out together on the behalf of Yuanyang, she couldn't have a fit, so she had to swallow it reluctantly, and just stood her own.

Jia Mu said to Wang Xifeng in a low voice, "It shouldn't be too early, we shouldn't be driving everyone here so early."

Wang Xifeng glanced at Mrs. Wang's back, didn't dare to say a word, and could only answer: "Yes."

Sure enough, after a while, the palace eunuch Pegasus came to tell everyone: "It's too early! Before the first engraved dinner, before the second engraved to worship Buddha in Baoling Palace, and at the first engraved, you will enter Daming Palace to receive a banquet and watch the lantern. Xu Chu just got up!"

Wang Xifeng said quickly: "Since that's the case, please go back to your room, old lady, and it won't be too late to come back when the time comes."

Jia's mother and others ordered Wang Xifeng to take care of everything in the garden, and go by herself.

After entering the second gate, Jia's mother said to everyone: "Since the palace said so, it must be correct. Go back and make up for it. Tonight must be a full night. Don't lose energy by then."

Everyone said yes, and they all went back to the inner room and fell asleep.