boudoir

Chapter 101
Yanhua is still not very interested in studying, and Nie's family always protects his shortcomings every time he is punished. In addition, with the efforts of Nie's family, Yanhua's marriage with the young master of the Song family has made progress again, because I heard that the Song family is now in Beijing. Inquiring about Miss He Wu in the circle of noble ladies made her ignore Guo Xia's admonition even more.He Xiuyuan didn't take Nie's plan seriously, because of Min Cui, he and Nie's relationship were still strangers.

As for Huanhua's marriage crisis, because Yanhua's intervention was naturally hindered, it is said that Mrs. Song heard from somewhere that the eighth girl was only ten years old, and she was an adopted concubine, with a difference in status and age. Then he was indifferent, and then asked about the fifth girl in the same mansion.Huanhua originally thought that Mrs. Qi would be very angry, but when she heard Mrs. Yang's words, she just cursed Mrs. Nie a few times, and after being depressed for two days, she was fine again.Therefore, Huanhua was in a very good mood these few days, and whenever he was free, he came to the main courtyard to look for Liuli.

"When the fifth sister gets married, our eyes will be quiet." She said happily when no one was around.Liuli was noncommittal, but said: "The Yang family in the Xifu looks like a decent person, but he doesn't want to do this kind of work behind his back, so it can be seen that this person is not easy to get along with." Huanhua He said: "There are not many people in the West Mansion who are easy to get along with. Otherwise, the blood relationship between the two mansions is so close, how can there be no contact on weekdays except for clan affairs? You will know after staying for a long time."

Liuli was busy embroidering and wiping the old lady's forehead, hummed, and then let go of the words.

Seeing that Tianyou's full moon banquet was coming, Su Meiyin and Hengwei passed by the main courtyard that day, came in and saw the old lady drinking tea, so they talked with her.Seeing Hengwei winking at her, Liuli also found an excuse to go out the door.

Arriving in the next side room, Heng Wei took out a small cloth bag from her sleeve and said, "Today, I actually came here specially. Here are two baptism gifts prepared by my aunt for the girl. The first one was prepared and brought here. Shang Yi Niang has something in the rouge shop, so she didn't have time to send it over. Let's take a look, girl."

Liuli opened it and saw that there were two pairs of pure gold bracelets, two small gold locks with carp carved in pure gold, and several pieces of broken jade were inlaid on them.So I asked: "How much did it cost?" Heng Wei smiled: "What money is not, my aunt said, the ten taels of silver that the girl gave is enough. This thing looks expensive on the outside, but it is actually empty inside. It doesn’t cost much, and it saves face. It’s most suitable for refilling pots.”

She refused to say it clearly, and Liuli didn't bother her, she immediately put away her things and said: "Thank you, Auntie, for me later."

Heng Wei said again: "Miss, I still have ten taels of silver in my aunt's place. Someday I will bring it over?"

Liuli thought for a while, now she lives with the old lady, people come in and out, and put a dozen or so ingots by her side, it's hard to guarantee that nothing will happen, it's not a big deal to be confiscated by the old lady like last time, if If others suspect that she stole the old lady's, that's a big deal.So he said: "It's not convenient to put that thing here, so let's put it in your place first."

Heng Wei thought about it, and said: "Alright. When the girl needs it later, I will prepare it for the girl."

Liuli nodded, and went back to the room with the bag of gold in her pocket.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eighteenth day, and because the banquet was held in the House of the Minister of the Household Department, the old man and He Jianghong's colleagues in the court all came with their wives and family members. In addition to the two lords and wives from the Xihe Mansion, the head of Chunyang County She also came, her husband and son-in-law, and Yu Shilang's wife, Yu's natal sister-in-law.Then when the bon ceremony was about to start, Song Pi's wife unexpectedly came too!And the one who came with her was Mrs. Qing of Dali Temple and Nie's aunt.

Today's banquet was set up in the Begonia Courtyard, so there were naturally many more visitors than that, but some people left after adding more pots.Mrs. Liang greeted Mrs. Song and Mrs. Nie at the gate, and called them to the Begonia Courtyard.

The old lady was talking to Chunyang, and Chunyang still had an impression of Liuli. Hearing that she was called to teach by the old lady now, he couldn't help but hold her hand and ask a few homework.In front of Yu Shi and others, Liuli didn't want to have too much contact with her, so she stepped aside after saying a few words.Chunyang was asking about Guo Xia, when suddenly the Liang family sent someone to say that the distinguished guest had arrived, and the old lady heard that it was Song Pi's wife, so she couldn't help standing up, and went out to greet her in person.

Among the two wives who came to Xihe Mansion today is Mrs. Yang. When she heard that Mrs. Song had arrived, Mrs. Yang also stood up to greet her.

Mrs. Song smiled and blessed the old lady when she saw the old lady: "Hello, old lady! I haven't seen you for many years, and you are getting tougher!" ", let Biyun Qingshang quickly serve good tea.

After Chunyang and the others had met each other, the old lady said to Mrs. Song: "The last time we met was when we were enjoying plum blossoms at Mrs. Du Weili's house. You brought the three boys of your family to visit , now in a flash, more than ten years have passed.”

Mrs. Song is in her forties, she looks a little rich, and when she smiles, her eyebrows are crooked, "Isn't it? Speaking of which, our two families are old acquaintances. When our master took office in Jiangnan, he received a lot of care from Master Shangshu. I remember all of this in my heart!"

The old lady smiled and said: "Don't talk about those things, it's good to come and walk around when you have nothing to do."

Mrs. Yang said from the side: "I don't know, the old lady, the three boys of Mrs. Song's family are going to talk about marriage now!" Looking at Mrs. Nie who was sitting next to Mrs. Nie, she smiled and covered herself with a silk cloth. Opened his mouth.

Liuli watched Mrs. Song and Yang's posture from the sidelines, probably looking at Yanhua, so she quietly gave Huanhua a wink, indicating to go to the backyard.

Going out of the backyard of Haitang Courtyard is a small alley leading to Wutong Courtyard. Liuli goes out first, and Huanhua comes later.The two stopped in the bamboo forest at the entrance of the alley, and Liuli said: "Mrs. Song, this is the daughter-in-law. Did you see it?" Huanhua said, "I just wanted to tell you about this. With Yanhua's nature, Will it be messed up?"

Liuli thought for a while, and said: "We can only delay her from meeting Mrs. Song." Then she thought: "There is also the third lady, we can't let her meet Mrs. Song, otherwise, I am afraid that she will take Yan with her." Get out Hua's bottom pocket." This is also a matter of no choice, for the sake of Huanhua, I have to sacrifice the happiness of that young master Song.

"My mother doesn't go out of the gate now, she just stays in the house all day long, and she hasn't come to the Haitang courtyard yet, so I can hold her back, but Yanhua is there, I can't help it. It's gone." Huanhua spread his hands, very worried.

Liuli said: "I'll go to Yanhua, you just need to drag the third lady back."

Huanhua nodded immediately and left quickly.

Liuli stood at Zhuxia, and then left here, heading towards the back garden.

In the flower hall, the old lady was still talking with all the wives, and after sitting for a long time, the old lady became dull, Yu Shi saw it, and asked Biyun, "Where did Miss Nine go?" Biyun said: "It was still there just now, I don't know where it is going now." Yu Shi became hesitant, and called her to help the old lady to rest inside.

Shuhua was also at the side, she got up when she saw this, imitating Liuli's usual appearance, and together with Biyun helped the old lady into the room.Turning around, she came out again and said to the crowd: "The old lady asked me to apologize to the wives, saying that I disturbed everyone's interest, and I hope all the wives will forgive me." It was a bit more out of character, when Luo Luoda spoke in front of everyone, she was like a lady walking out of a painting, with an indescribable elegance all over her body.

The ladies began to look at her.Mrs. Song asked the Yang family next door softly: "Which girl is this?" Yang said with a smile: "It is the daughter of the proprietor's family today, so is the fourth girl. This year is about 13 years old, and now she is under the hands of the female teacher Guo Xia. Xi Du, isn't it worth drafting again in February next year, if one is not good, I'm afraid it will be a nobleman in some palace in the future."

Mrs. Song nodded, looking at Shuhua with a trace of regret.Yang said: "The fifth girl is also gentle and dignified." Mrs. Song then smiled and nodded again.

Liuli went to Xiaokuayuan, where Shuangxi was leading Yuegui to dry the quilt.Now in the whole mansion, the three of them are the most leisurely.The serious master went to serve other masters, but the three of them had nothing to do, they just cared about messing with themselves all day long, but unfortunately they all held their breath.

Liuli beckoned to Yuegui, "You and I will help you in the main courtyard."

Yuegui got the hint from her eyes, immediately tidied up and followed her out.After leaving the Xiaokua courtyard gate, Liuli said to her: "This matter is a bit wicked, but Miss Wu is already wicked enough, so it's nothing if we mess with her." Speak a few words with her.Yuegui opened her eyes and listened, and nodded her head after a while: "Don't worry, girl, it's just that she can't get out of the fourth room!"

Recently, Yan Hua has been a little ecstatic because of Nie's idea of ​​marrying her into the prefect's office as a daughter-in-law. She always feels that she will become the young mistress of the Song family soon. But he was afraid that the marriage would be ruined, so he always asked her to learn how to do needlework in the house.This time I have been doing sewing for half a day, and when I heard the women talking about Mrs. Song's arrival, my heart was agitated, so I thought of coming over to have a look, and let Fu Rong do her makeup carefully and change into new clothes.

Just as he was walking to the door, he almost bumped into someone head-on, Yanhua stood firm, and when he was about to explode, he saw that it was Chunxiang who was next to Mincui, so he lost his temper: "Are you blind? Didn't you see clearly that I was coming out?! "Chunxiang hurriedly accompanied her: "Fifth Miss, don't be upset, the maidservant left in a hurry and didn't see the girl, please forgive me."

Yan Hua rushed to the main courtyard, didn't have time to deal with her, so she flicked her sleeves and said, "What are you in such a hurry for?"

Chunxiang pointed to the outside of the door and said: "Just now, my servant went to the main courtyard, and I heard from the sisters that Mrs. Song Pi's wife came today, and she is now walking around the mansion, waiting to meet and meet girls. The servant heard that Mrs. Song's house The young master was very handsome, talented and learned, he is a well-known noble son in the capital, just now he heard them talk about it, but he forgot to come back to his room, fearing that my aunt would be waiting for her, so she left in a hurry."

(End of this chapter)