The beauty of the lady

Chapter 73: Housewarming (4)
In the side hall, Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wu were already sitting on soft seats playing chess, while Zhou Mei was sitting by the side watching. When Mrs. Zhao came in, the two stopped and looked at Mrs. Zhao.

"Madam Zhou, everything has settled down?" Shi Du smiled softly.

"Yeah, are you feeling bored, or do you want to go for a stroll in the yard?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Wu put down the chess pieces in her hand, smiled at Mrs. Du: "Sister Du, let's go with Madam to have a look. I'm very curious. I heard that Zhou's mansion used to be Wei Wang's mansion, but it was a luxurious place. Very, my husband said that the back garden is full of exotic flowers and plants."

"That's right, these days the son of the world also said that Zhou's mansion is more than a star and a half better than Zhihou's mansion. I have been curious for a long time. Since you are like this, there is Mrs. Lao."

"It's all trivial things. No matter how good the scenery is, it needs someone to appreciate it. At noon, we will have dinner at the Huxin Pavilion. It will be cooler there surrounded by water." Zhao smiled and walked out of the front hall with the two of them. Went to the back garden.

In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the lotus in the lake is still in full bloom, and the flowers in the garden, all kinds of chrysanthemums are in full bloom. When you rest at night, you can smell a faint fragrance of flowers, and even your sleep changes. Very comfortable.

"Mother, mother, come and see, there are a lot of fish here." Yun Cong lay on the window and waved to Mrs. Du on the Moon Tower of Huxin Pavilion.

Zhou Tang looked at him beside him, and the guardrail was so high that only half of his head could be exposed according to Yun Cong's height, so he didn't have to worry about falling off.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, the guardrails are newly reinforced, not to mention Yun Cong, even if seven or eight adults accidentally bump into it, there is no problem at all." Zhou Mei sensed Du Shi's nervousness, stepped forward and explained with a smile .

Only then did Mrs. Du breathe a sigh of relief, and then said to Mrs. Zhao in embarrassment, "Mrs. Zhou, don't be surprised."

"No, I'm also a mother. It's always good to be careful, after all, the child is still young." Zhao smiled softly.

A few people wandered around in the garden. When they moved in, the back garden had already been tidied up very well, but now it has become more popular, and it looks a lot more vivid. Every flower, every tree, every plant and every tree seems to be extraordinarily vivid.

This is the first time for Du Shi and Wu Shi to come to the Zhou Mansion, so they are naturally looking at it very carefully. After a few people walked out through the nearly 200-meter roundabout rockery cave, Wu Shi still felt a little unsatisfied.

"Mrs. Zhou, your mansion is really amazing."

"If you like, you can come here often." Zhao smiled and sent out the invitation letter.

"That's naturally good." Even if you can't come, at least you have something in your heart.

At noon, Wednesday Zhuang took the three of them to eat in the front hall, while Zhao and other women were enjoying the meal in the Guanyue Pavilion in the lake center pavilion at the back, enjoying the scenery.

After lunch, Yun Zhongren and Yin Yanqing took their family members into carriages and returned home, while Xuan Shaoling followed Zhao to the Sandalwood Court.

"Auntie, did you spend a lot of money on this house?" Not to mention the scale of the building complex, even this small sandalwood courtyard is very exquisite, and the servants in the mansion also perform their duties without any delay. No gossiping or slacking off.

Mrs. Zhao asked Xianglan to make tea for him, served seasonal melons and fruits, looked at his cousin-like appearance, and said with a smile: "I don't know about that, it's all prepared by your sister, Shizi Yun and Yin Shizi The young master also helped a lot."

"My nephew is really happy that my aunt can come back. The old lady died on February [-]th, and next year will be the seventh anniversary of her death. Aunt should pass, right?"

"Yeah, I'm definitely going." Grandmother has passed away for seven years, how time flies, and her daughter will be born in less than half a year.

Thinking of this, she felt that Meier's wedding ceremony should not be chosen on her birthday, it would be better if it was later, or when the flowers bloom in spring, but until now no one has come to propose marriage, this is her heart disease.

"Auntie!" Xuan Shaoling yelled twice when he saw that Zhao was lost in thought.

When Mrs. Zhao came back to her senses, seeing his expression, a thought flashed through her mind, but she suppressed it.

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will take Mei'er and Tang'er to the Duke's Mansion. It's time to go back and have a look. How is your uncle doing now? These years must have been... painful!" Thinking of that Her heart twitched at the elder brother who loved her to the bone.

Although the siblings haven't seen each other or contacted each other for more than ten years, they have kept their blood ties between them.

"Aunt." Xuan Shaoling didn't know how to tell him about his uncle, but he didn't want to hide it from her. After all, his aunt had already said that he would go to Anguo Gong's mansion in a few days, and his uncle must also go there. , separated for more than ten years, and now they can finally meet, there is no reason to prevent my aunt from knowing the truth.

"Brother, did something happen to him?" Without hearing Xuan Shaoling's words, Zhao Shi had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Uncle fell off his horse by accident five years ago, and now his legs are useless." Zhou Mei walked in from the outside and said to Mrs. Zhao: "But don't worry, mother, I will treat uncle personally. If I can't, And the master, if the master doesn't like it, we will collapse the Chengbei Hou Mansion and just bury uncle's two legs."

Although she is just a commoner, wanting to touch Chengbeihou's mansion is tantamount to shaking a tree, but she does not believe that there is no loophole in Chengbeihou's mansion for her to exploit.

"What did you say? Broken leg? Mei'er, what's going on here?" Mrs. Zhao was obviously frightened, and didn't hear her daughter's next words at all. There were only two words in her mind, "Broken!" "!"
Zhou Mei stepped forward, took the handkerchief Chunlan handed over, wiped away the overflowing tears for Mrs. Zhao, and comforted her: "Mother, you cried before you met anyone. Wouldn't it be nice to meet you when the time comes?" Uncle is even more sad? Besides, don’t you still have me by your side? Don’t forget that my medical skills are all taught by my master, and uncle will be fine.”

"That's right, auntie. When I came here, my grandmother told me to ask my cousin, who I decided to invite, to take care of my uncle's leg problems. Auntie should calm down first. I have already looked away from my uncle all these years, but don't let him feel sad when the time comes." It's gone." Xuan Shaoling also comforted.

Mrs. Zhao wiped away her tears, her beautiful eyes turned red.

"I'm fine, Shao Ling, please talk to me carefully."

Xuan Shaoling nodded, and then talked to her about the events of the Chengbeihou Mansion over the years.

After a long time, when Xuan Shaoling finished speaking, even Zhou Mei had to say that that Mrs. Sun was really scheming, just because she fell in love with Zhao Xingyu, who had an outstanding appearance, she tried her best to make him fall in love with her, Then he lost his life to him, and then used the opportunity of the Empress Dowager to suppress the clan to secretly get rid of her grandmother. Of course, this is the guess of An Guogong's mansion, and after Zhao Xingyu's one-year filial piety expired, he married Chengbeihou in a glorious manner At that time, she was only one year older than Zhao Chengyin, but later she forced Zhao Chengyin to struggle in the Hou's mansion, and even conspired an accident, which made Zhao Xingyu, who had been reluctant to make a decision, finally seek The imperial decree passed on the position of son of the eldest son to her son, while Zhao Chengyin lived a precarious life in the mansion because of his disabled legs.

(End of this chapter)