[Red Mansion + Liaozhai] Furong repays her kindness

The news that Lin Ruhai had obtained a son-in-law was sent back to the capital, but few people cared about it, but the queen mother said to the queen in private, "I thought Mingxuan was tough, so I couldn't help but want to hurt her, now I see, it really hurts."

The queen laughed and said, "The Lin family still doesn't know how to thank the queen mother for her kindness. It is her blessing that the queen mother likes her. I heard that her sister Mingwei is getting married, so would you like to reward me with something?"

"I told Princess Zhijun about Ming Wei's conferment, which is considered a reward. What's more, Ming Xuan is a concubine, and the first daughter is too beautiful, but she is not good-looking." The queen mother said and looked at the queen, as if Ask her to answer.

The queen pondered for a moment, "Mingxuan has outstanding virtues, why not give her the title by her stepmother, since she is two ranks lower than her sister, and also unusual as a county lord."

The Empress Dowager nodded, "You will be lazy, and I will help you on the left and right."

The empress leaned on the Empress Dowager's shoulder and said coquettishly, "With the Empress Dowager here, there is no place for a son or servant to rise to the top. I only hope that the Empress Dowager will live a long life, so that I can continue to hide from you."

"Nonsense." The queen mother patted her hand, "I'll leave this draft to you. You and the emperor can decide who you choose."

The queen said, "I feel that the selection rules are very weird. It's the same time when you choose the maids and concubines. Could it be that the Empress Xianxiao is also a lazy one?"

Empress Xianxiao is the first wife of this dynasty. The head of the family is a founding hero and a military commander. The previous dynasty had a general election and a minor election. When it came to her, it was troublesome.

"It's convenient and troublesome to choose together. The high family and the low family have to be separated, the good family and the slave family have to be separated, and some families send their daughters to choose their concubines, and send the maids in together. When the time comes, some money will be distributed. , isn’t it the confidant of the palace?” The queen mother said slowly, “This is the emperor’s first draft when he ascends the throne, so it’s nothing more than court ladies, and there is no shortage of servants in the palace now, but the sixth palace is a little empty.”

"I understand that I should choose a few more outstanding sisters for the emperor." The queen smiled, "What title does the queen mother plan to give Ming Xuan?"

The Empress Dowager said, "Let's take the word Huaishu." Although she was given a title, she chose the one who was not generous, starting with female virtue.

Zhijun Palace received countless congratulations, all the wives secretly said that the princess would raise their daughters, not to mention Ming Wei's nobleness and generosity, even a concubine of Kefu fell into the Queen Mother's favor and became the Lord of Huaishu County.

Yi's decree went down to the south of the Yangtze River, Mingxuan hurriedly set up an incense table to accept the decree to thank her, the family was honored, Lin Daiyu gave her a blessing, and Shi Shiran said, "Little girl has met Mr. Huaishu County."

Ming Xuan stretched out her hand to support her, "Miss Lin, you're being polite. Come and reward me."

Chun Shui found out a pair of golden nudes out of nowhere, and put them in Lin Daiyu's hands, "Miss, please accept the reward."

Lin Daiyu looked at Jin Jianzi, frowned and said, "Oh, the county magistrate has such a grand style and such a small handwriting, so small, how can it be enough?"

"Miss Lin is young, but she has a big appetite." Ming Xuan tapped Lin Daiyu's forehead lightly, "Go, take out the things I found and let the young lady pick and choose, and play with the ones you like. .”

Chunshui Chunyu then moved out several boxes from the Nuan Pavilion, and stacked a couch full, Lin Daiyu opened one casually, and said, "It's so golden, it's shining."

Inside is a pair of pure gold face, from distraction to covering the temples neatly, Mingxuan said, "I don't know which upstart gave it to me, it's just heavier gold."

This nouveau riche is her father, King Zhijun. It can be seen from the previous events that King Zhijun is an unreliable person, but he works hard to be reliable. He is afraid that his daughter will be far away in the south and be bullied if he has no money. , so many tricks were played in such a heavy head, so that Ming Xuan could exchange gold for money when she had no money.

King Zhijun didn't know if he sneezed or not.

Chun Shui hurriedly said, "Perhaps I took the wrong one."

Lin Daiyu asked, "Madam, are you cleaning up the house? Why are there so many things?"

Mingxuan said, "Choose some things to bring in winter, and when the chief of Mingwei County gets married, we need to add makeup to her. We are far away, so we have to send them there early. Then I entrust my second sister-in-law to send them along."

Listening to what she said, one is Princess Mingwei and the other is the second sister-in-law, Lin Daiyu knew that she was relatives, but she just opened another box, which contained a branch of peony hairpin with pink crystals that were ground into petals, curled or stretched, and emeralds were thinned underneath. The leaves I made couldn't help but praise, "This one is so exquisite. Although I have seen some crystals, none of them are so delicate, and they seem to be alive."

Ming Xuan said, "Take it and wear it."

"This hairpin looks good when worn in front of the peonies in spring. My wife said earlier that I changed it to winter ones, so why did you find this cool hairpin?" Lin Daiyu put the hairpin back into the box.

Chun Shui said again, "This Xu was also taken by mistake."

Ming Xuan squinted at her, "Why did you take one or two boxes by mistake today?"

Chunyu hurriedly stuffed the box containing the peony hairpin into Daiyu's arms, "Miss, please take it and wear it, don't talk anymore after accepting our bribe, there is no need for my wife to say that the two of us gave it to you by mistake. Put it back in the capital."

Lin Daiyu handed the box to Xueyan, and said with a smile, "Look at the elder sister in the wife's room, why are you just listening and not telling me a few words."

Xueyan took the box and also smiled, "The maidservant only needs to know that the girl has got a good thing, but the others don't know."

"You are just a fool, you know how to help your master steal things." Mingxuan waved her hand, "Come on, luckily, the county lord has a lot of things, so I would like to take a few more."

Lin Daiyu said, "Let's choose some makeup for the princess first, and I'll take the rest to make room for my wife."

In the end, I chose a set of coral head and a set of pearl head, as well as a pomegranate hairpin inlaid with tourmaline and a grape pendant carved with jade, all of which symbolize many children and many blessings.Jadeite is just more precious jadeite, not as good as others, but this grape pendant is just like the real thing from the branches and leaves to the fruit due to the dark and light color of the original stone.

Mingxuan's second elder brother Ming Qi and her are brothers and sisters, and her second sister-in-law Wu is from a down-and-out family. It's her real elder brother, raised by a mother, why didn't he know to give it to us with a fingertip."

Ming Qi was also helpless, his mother-in-law was not good at beating or scolding, so he could only patiently say to her, "How can Ming Xuan miss our gifts? Even this time, he also gave you a lot of earth rituals. Is this emerald good?"

Wu shi didn't say a word, her eyes turned straight, this emerald is nothing compared to Mingxuan's makeup, if it is done quietly, it is not a big deal.

She was shallow-minded, what was on her mind immediately showed on her face, and Ming Qi said sternly, "These things all come with a gift list, don't try to do anything to offend the concubine or the princess, we will have a good time." fruit to eat?"

Mrs. Wu muttered a few words and arranged the etiquette, but she still liked it in her heart, and she was bored for several days.There is a saying that beauty is in the eyes of lovers. Ming Qi felt that although his wife had some minor problems, she was timid, and would listen to his advice. with.

The person who gave the gift was brought out by the palace, and there were a few people who were acquainted with him. Hearing that Ming Qi was looking for the emerald grape pendant outside, he also guessed a bit, and went back to tell Ming Xuan about it.

Ming Xuan and Rong Momo felt that Ming Qi loved his daughter-in-law deeply, "If you talk about the second sister-in-law, there are many shortcomings, but there are fools who are stupid, and the second brother has the heart to take her, no amount of pennies can match her."

"Who says it's not." Rong Rong said, "This second grandma is not stupid even if she says she is stupid. She is better than a monkey when she encounters problems. If a wealthy family comes out, who can compare to her."

"Be stupid when you should be stupid, and be smart when you should be smart. This is a blessing. Some people think they are smart and have tried their best. They are not as good as the second sister-in-law." After Ming Xuan finished speaking, she suddenly laughed, "I heard that the eldest princess wears a men's belt. How many little maids and eunuchs, and all the bird nests in the imperial garden?"

Nanny Rong's mouth twitched, trying to maintain her old-fashioned affection, "In late autumn, there were not many bird's nests, but a lot of pomegranates in the imperial garden were knocked down. It turned out that the Empress wanted to give it to her wife."

"It's still the same..." Ming Xuan covered her mouth and laughed.

The eldest princess was also scolded by the empress for this, but she just said that she would be punished. After a while, people from the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the Palace of Compassion and Peace also came. I am afraid that there is really some punishment, and the Empress Dowager will come in person soon. Come to protect this big granddaughter.

Her title was originally Fuqing, but everyone in the palace called her the eldest princess. The first child is always different to her parents, but it is also applicable to the older generation. The eldest princess is the first granddaughter of the empress dowager. Like today's emperor, I'm afraid he doesn't love him enough.

The queen had a headache, rubbed her temples and said, "When will you be able to learn the rules and read well?"

The eldest princess of Fuqing is about the same age as Lin Daiyu, taller, dressed in men's clothes, like a little prince, looking at the queen with her lips pouted, "My daughter is also well-behaved, the emperor's grandmother even praised her. "

The queen's head hurt even more, "You have good manners, can you run to poke the bird's nest for fun? Tell me, who made this clothes for you?"

The eldest princess rolled her eyes, "I can't say it, the queen will punish him for telling the mother."

"It's natural. If you don't say it, it will be a crime of covering up, and the crime will be aggravated." The queen threatened her.

The Eldest Princess smiled, "This is the clothes of the Emperor Father, the Queen Mother should punish him."

The queen said angrily, "Say, how old is your father, how can you still keep such small clothes? You are still lying, come on, take the eldest princess to the side hall, no one will do it without my order." You are not allowed to talk to her, and you are not allowed to deliver food." The queen said angrily

"It's not there!" The eldest princess saw the bright yellow father coming in with sharp eyes, ran over and hugged her lazily, and said, "The queen mother is going to lock up her daughter, father, please intercede with me quickly, this dress is really Father gave it to me."

The emperor laughed loudly, "When I wore this dress, I wasn't as courageous as you."

At that time, the emperor was still the fifth son of the emperor, as low-key as a quail.

The queen still didn't believe it, so the emperor asked the eldest princess to turn around, and showed her the back of the dress, "Look, I don't know who is so stupid to sew it, it's so ugly."

It can be seen that there was an opening there, and it was sewn crookedly.The queen blushed and said, "I thought you threw it away long ago, so you fell here and waited for me."

"You still tore this hole, you have to pay me for a new dress."

"I know, I know." The queen pretended to be impatient, and she was so sweet that she didn't care about punishing the eldest princess.The eldest princess winked at the emperor, the father is really amazing.

It's just that when the queen came back to her senses, she still felt that the eldest princess was too naughty, so she wanted to find some good-natured girls to accompany her as reading companions, so that she could take care of her.