boudoir

Chapter 113
When Mrs. Song heard this, she also knew that the old lady wanted to consider it. She looked at Mrs. Chen and said with a smile, "That's natural. We should be cautious about children's marriage." She didn't say anything anymore.When the old lady offered tea again, Mrs. Chen took a sip of the tea, put it down and said, "Since that's the case, let's take our leave for now, and wait until the family discusses it in the next day, before we bother you again."

The old lady hurriedly said: "It's rare to come here, let's go after dinner!"

Mrs. Chen declined with a smile: "I'm not afraid that the old lady will be offended. Mrs. Song is anxious to marry the fourth girl back, and she is still waiting for our letter. I dare not make her wait for a long time. Three matchmakers in the future Liupin land, are you afraid that you won’t have the chance to go to the mansion to eat?!" He said as if the marriage was a certainty.

The old lady couldn't keep it again and again, so she asked Mrs. Liang to deliver it to the gate.

Seeing that the old lady had a bad look on her face, Liuli was worried that she would get sick in a hurry, so she couldn't help but offered her a bowl of ginseng tea.

Mrs. Liang turned her head back, but she was also unhappy and without a trace of joy.It seems that these two people came here to deliver bad news, not happy ones.

Whether it is joy or sorrow, the Song Mansion threw this stone, and it is destined to cause waves in the He Mansion. After hearing the news, Mrs. Yu wished that the old lady would immediately agree to marry Shuhua to the Song Mansion and support her without hesitation. .As for Qi's and Nie's, when they heard that Song's mansion finally took a fancy to neither Yanhua nor Huanhua, but Shuhua, there was no need to mention the anger.

Especially Mrs. Nie, she and Mrs. Liang were fighting day by day, and she lost so badly in this matter, how could she swallow this breath?He rushed into the main courtyard with all his strength to persuade the old lady to insist on letting Shuhua enter the palace.At the same time, he guessed that Mrs. Song gave up Yanhua and took a fancy to Shuhua because Mrs. Liang was behind her back, so she stood in the middle of the second and fourth rooms, pointed at the second room and scolded Huai, forcefully scolding Mrs. Liang out of anger.

After Mrs. Liang returned to her room, she rushed straight into Shuhua's room and cried: "You have caused a good thing, but now I am not a human being inside and out! Let me ask you, I met Mrs. Song outside that day, and I was not there. What did you do at that time? How come she regretted her promise to exchange Geng Tie with Nie after returning home, and now you are making a fuss about refusing to enter the palace, and she is proposing marriage again at this juncture!"

Shuhua hadn't gone out for a few days, and her complexion turned pale. Looking at Mrs. Liang, she said quietly: "What can I do, just tell Mrs. Song that I am willing to serve her as a filial piety. She asked if I would like to Enter the palace? I'll take your words back to her."

"You! You unworthy girl!" Liang Shi was trembling with rage, and raised his hand to hit her, but he couldn't fall down when he raised it in the air. After half a day, he covered his face and cried, "Why is my life so miserable!"

Shuhua watched her crying and sitting on the ground, unmoved, and said lightly: "I haven't submitted a name card yet to be selected, so it's not a big deal to make a marriage contract. Mr. Song has both ability and political integrity, and now he is even more serious. It will be of great use in the future to get His Majesty's favor. I have also inquired about his three young masters. They are not some embroidered pillows, but they are actually very intelligent and responsible. Now that his father is paving the way for him, he will continue to work hard. In addition, with my assistance, it will be a good life to be a first and second rank in the future. Why are you doing this? Even if you lock me in this room for a year or two, I will not apply for the election."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liang paused, then threw herself on the ground and burst into tears again.

Because of this incident in the main room, these days are also very dull.That day, the old man returned to the mansion in the afternoon, and the old lady asked him his thoughts on this matter.The old man sighed for a long time, but he only sighed "If you want to plant flowers, the flowers will not bloom, but if you don't want to plant willows and willows to make shade", he has no idea yet.I sent a letter to He Jianghong, but there was no reply for several days.However, Chaoshang had met Song Pi twice, and the other party came forward to greet him, afraid that he would mention the matter, so he always dared not say more.

He Cunli said: "Song Bi is now in favor, so this matter should not be delayed for a long time. Whether it should be or not, father has to make up his mind as soon as possible."

The old man had no choice but to call Mrs. Liang over and asked her, "Do you have any ideas?"

Mrs. Liang had already lost her mind because of Shuhua's anger. At this moment, she became speechless when she heard the old man's question.He Yuli said: "After all, it's a matter of the second brother's room. He is not here, and the second brother and sister are also the winners. The threshold of the Song family is not reached by ordinary people. Now that a matchmaker has been specially invited, it should not be. Brothers and sisters should also have something to say."

Mrs. Liang twisted her handkerchief, her lips parted again and again.Asking her to speak out about giving up the draft is really more embarrassing than cutting her mouthpiece. She has been married to He Mansion for 20 years, and she has finally waited for this opportunity to compete with Mrs. Yu, and now she is about to succeed. But it fell on his own daughter!How could she swallow this breath? !But now that Shuhua has become like this, she is determined not to apply for the election. According to her stubborn temper, what can she do to her?

She was fighting with herself here, but the old man couldn't wait any longer, tapped his knuckles on the table and said: "What is it, tell me!"

Mrs. Liang suddenly came back to her senses, her heart froze, she twisted the handkerchief tightly, gritted her teeth and said, "That's all, let her do it!"

He Cistan was stunned for a moment, glanced at the old man, then clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Then do it like this!"

Therefore, Shuhua, who originally wanted to send to the palace to stabilize her position, suddenly became the third young mistress in the future of Mr. Shenzhi's mansion. After the old lady and Liang's opinions were settled, the next matter of accepting it was simply a matter of drinking. Plain boiled water was as easy and smooth, three days later Song Pi and the matchmaker came to propose marriage together, and ten days later they exchanged Geng invitations, and the auspicious date for the engagement was set on September [-]th, a few days after the third young master He Tingfang got married.

The third grandmother is the third daughter of Ruan Hong, the counselor of Zhongshu Province. Although the rank of the Ruan family is two steps lower than that of the old man, they are on the same level as He Cunli, so they are considered a good match.On the wedding day, the old lady never went to the long room, so Liuli accompanied her in the Anxi Hall.After the banquet, Aunt Su came to see the old lady, and said that today even the Huaining Hou Mansion sent congratulatory gifts.Although no one came in person, this also showed the attitude of the Marquis of Huaining or the eldest princess. It was obvious that this was under Yuhua's honor, so it goes without saying that the members of the Yu family were pleasantly surprised and excited.But when Liang saw the people coming from the Hou's mansion, his expression was not right on the spot.

Aunt Su conveyed the meaning of this message: "Mr. Liang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. This time, the wish of sending Shuhua into the palace to be a concubine has not been fulfilled. How can I be convinced? The early citrons are crushed first. Let's wait and see. Let's do it, and some people throw sand in Yu's eyes."

Liuli took it for granted.But other than that, I still have some doubts. The draft is a matter for the royal family. As a married princess, why does the eldest princess attach so much importance to the draft?
Three days later, the Song family came to hire them. If you want to talk about the door, the other party is a second-rank official, and He Jianghong is a fifth-rank outsider. How much difference is there?But the other party did not neglect at all, everything from acceptance to dowry preparations was impeccable, so even the old man couldn't help admiring, "Song Pi is really deep", and he didn't know whether he was referring to the city or the style.

After the appointment, Shuhua went back to Wutong Academy to attend classes. Guo Xia treated her as before, but Yuhua saw her a little differently. Now she was more affectionate than before, and they often went to and from school together.Huanhua felt a little sorry for her, but seeing her accepting it readily, he became happy instead.After all, Mrs. Song fell in love with Shuhua, so she no longer had to worry about being pushed over by Mrs. Qi.

However, due to her young age, the wedding day has to wait until Shuhua is 15 years old, that is to say, at least until the winter months of next year before the wedding will be planned.

After more than a month in this way, the turmoil gradually calmed down, and the days quietly arrived in October amidst several joys and sorrows.Only then did I see hibiscus flowers blooming all over the tree outside the window, and He Zhongcai, the head follower of the old man, sent him a file in the yamen of the household department, and brought back home a shocking news—the truth about the mass deaths of border guards was found out, It turned out that several carts of the rations sent three months ago were moldy, and the sergeant in charge of cooking didn't look carefully, which resulted in a catastrophe, resulting in the tragic loss of two generals in the army. Lian Qi's eldest son, The newly-appointed mighty general, Qi Yunhao, felt unwell when he was killing the enemy on the front line, and was also stabbed by the enemy, almost dying!
It took more than [-] days for the officials of the Ministry of War and Dali Temple who went to investigate, as well as the prince who was the imperial envoy, to come and go, which caused the news to be delayed until now before it was sent to the court.Now the dozen or so soldiers involved in this matter have all rectified the Fa on the spot, and as soon as the Holy Majesty received the report, he immediately summoned Prime Minister Luo of the Left, Prime Minister Yu Huaiqing of the Right, and He Weili, who served as the envoy of food collection, to enter the palace and return to He Zhong's mansion. At that time, the three of them hadn't come out yet!

The old lady happened to be taking a nap, when Liuli heard He Zhong's report, she couldn't help being shocked, she dared not let him go in to pass on the message, and hastily sent him to the long room.

When He Zhong delivered the message in the main courtyard, the news had exploded in the mansion. Hearing Caiping's report, Mrs. Yu suddenly felt dizzy in her eyes. While rubbing her chest for her.Xie's and Ruan's came in quickly when they heard the noise, Yuhua was just about to leave school, and immediately rushed back when they heard the noise, until Auntie Su and Auntie Chen in the courtyard next door also heard the news, and Yu was finally relieved .

Yuhua persuaded: "Mother is safe and don't be impatient, and father may not be in trouble either!"

Yu's brows became knotted, pushed away Xie's and Ruan's and went down to the ground, walked to the middle of the room and turned around suddenly, said: "Send someone to the palace to inquire!" Then pointed to Xie: "Go get the four Madam, call me!"

Mrs. Xie didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to the door to give orders.Ruan Shi was puzzled and said: "This matter may not have something to do with Fourth Aunt?" Xie Shi glanced at her and shook his head secretly.Ruan Shi is also a sensible person, so he stopped talking when he saw this.

After the incident, Nie's natal family also came to deliver news, and now they were also panicking in the house. Seeing that Yu's sent someone to invite them, they panicked.After standing in the room for half a day, he returned to the dressing table, straightened his temples and went to the long room.

Before entering the room, Mrs. Yu kicked Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Ruan out, rushed up, pointed at her and gritted her teeth, "You prodigal bitch who has lost money, are you going to drag us over?" You are not reconciled to the ditch! What kind of brother of yours, dare to mix moldy rice in the pay, you are not going to hire me, you are actually trying to kill my family!"

(End of this chapter)