boudoir

Chapter 118
When Du Rui replied these words, there was a three-point smile on his face. Even when he glanced at the curtain, the smile didn't change, which made people feel that it was just an unintentional glance.The old lady's eyes were not working, so naturally she didn't notice it, but Liuli didn't think it was inadvertent, she was a little guilty at the moment, and she didn't know what Du Xiaoshizi wanted to do?
Just thinking about it, the old lady ordered Biyun: "Go and tell the big kitchen, I am here to stay for the little ones, and now all the young masters in the mansion are invited to accompany the guests, and if the masters come back, invite them to come."

Du Rui hurriedly got up and said: "You don't have to be polite, old lady, this junior just sits and leaves, I dare not disturb your rest."

Guo Xia also stood up: "Don't be too busy, old lady, the young man has to go back to see His Highness."

The old lady supported Qingshang's arm and stood up: "It's rare to come here, why don't you let me prepare some food and drink, and do my best?"

Du Rui clasped his hands and said, "Come visit the old lady next time." Then he glanced at the curtain, and turned around with Guo Xia with a smile on his face.

The old lady couldn't persuade her to stay again and again, so she had to send Qingshang Biyun to the gate instead.

After leaving the main room, Guo Xia and Du Rui walked towards the second door.On the way, Guo Xia and Biyun said: "I still have a few words to say to Xiao Shizi, you go back." After the two left, they slowed down and looked at Du Rui with a smile: "Today's One line, can you get your wish?"

Du Rui's face was slightly embarrassed, and he replied: "Although I haven't seen her face, I am a little closer to her, and I feel very happy." Come visit my aunt often, okay?"

Guo Xia pondered for a moment, nodded, and lovingly said: "Of course. It's just that you two are not very old now, it's too early to talk about marriage, and you are a prince's disciple, so you will inevitably encounter many temptations in the future. It doesn't necessarily represent the future, if you can't treat it wholeheartedly, it's better not to disturb others easily. A clean reputation for the whole family is also considered to be a great merit."

Du Rui blushed, thought for a moment, and said, "I know what my aunt said. I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what's important. If I hadn't thought it through these days, I wouldn't rush to ask my aunt for help. Don't say She is a person with a strong heart. I can't easily offend her, so she is my aunt's disciple, and I can't blaspheme her. When I come here in the future, my aunt just needs to choose her big and small things and tell me what to say. But. I won't meet her, and I won't let people know that I'm here for her, so, after two years when she grows up, if I still can't let her go, I'll ask my father to propose marriage."

Guo Xia opened his mouth, hesitating to say something more, seeing the hopeful eyes of the young man in front of him, he finally spit out the words.He nodded and said, "It's okay. Let's go, I'll take you out."

Liuli waited for the people in the room to clear up before coming out from behind the curtain. The old lady still looked out of the door and said, "Why is this little prince coming to visit suddenly?"

Liuli was dumbfounded, and said after half a day: "I don't know either..."

The old lady was silent.

While the two were speechless, Yan Hua suddenly rushed in at the gate, saw Liu Li and said, "I heard that the young son of the Marquis of Huaining is here? Where is it?!"

Before Liuli answered, the old lady clapped the case and said: "Presumptuous! You are a girl, who are you asking for?!"

Yan Hua was taken aback, and then changed her words: "Old lady, calm down, I just heard that the young prince is here, let's see where he is now, do you want to arrange a meal..."

The old lady reprimanded: "You don't need to worry about it, the little prince has already left! Go back and practice your virtue, and find someone to marry soon, it's serious!"

Yanhua suffered this slap, and it was in front of Liuli, her face was already red to the neck, she had no choice but to back out in a muffled voice, and went out to the corridor, remembering that she missed the little prince twice, it was simply shocking Unable to bear it, he reckoned that he should only have reached the second gate at this time, so he rushed out desperately.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she came out of the main room, she bumped into a person. The person helped her steady and saw clearly, and said, "Oh, it's Miss Wu! Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Seeing Qian Changsheng's family, Yan Hua couldn't say that he was chasing Du Rui, so he lied casually: "I'll go to the second gate to get something from my cousin."

Mrs. Qian hastily held her back: "Young lady, it's not suitable to go at this moment, Xiao Shizi is still talking to Mr. Guo at the second gate."

Yan Hua's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he said, "Why, hasn't Xiao Shizi left yet?"

"Isn't it?!" Mrs. Qian said with a smile: "This little prince doesn't come sooner or later, but waits until our third girl is about to enter the palace. You won't be able to see it for a while after entering the palace, so naturally you can't bear it." Let's go."

Yan Hua paused, "You said he came here for the third sister?"

Lady Qian smiled: "That's not good."

Yan Hua listened, a face full of hope collapsed in an instant, Du Rui came here for Yu Hua?How could he come here for Yuhua!The young master of the Song family was robbed by Shuhua last time, is Yuhua going to rob her of the young son again this time? !They have everything, everything is good, why would she come to rob her whenever she likes someone? !Is she that easy to bully? !

The breath that the Song family had swallowed when they regretted the appointment at the beginning surged up again, she couldn't help trembling, raised her head and glared at Mrs. Qian, and rushed towards the second door.

When they got to the second gate, they saw Guo Xia waving at the door, and a carriage marked with the sign of the Marquis of Huaining was driving out of the gate.

Yan Hua dug his fingernails into the crack of the door, his eyes turned red.Guo Xia turned around, but unexpectedly she was here, she couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

She came back to her senses, oh, wanted to pull out a smile, but felt extremely difficult, finally nodded, turned and went inside.

Du Rui came this time, Liuli thought it was just a chance visit, who knew that a few days later, someone said he was here, at this time Yuhua was already preparing to enter the palace, but he was a draft pick in the palace Messenger came.

It turned out that the palace specially sent officials to send messages to the mansions of various beautiful women, but Du Rui happened to be entering the palace that day, just as the Holy Majesty was approving the selection documents. messenger.

The draft of this dynasty is based on that of the previous dynasty, but there are also changes.Emperor Taizu was addicted to martial arts but not sex, so the harem was not full. Now that three generations have passed, it has gradually become a rule that if there is an unmarried woman of the right age in the official residence of the fifth rank and above, at least one beautiful woman should be selected. Those who are willing can also submit two or more candidates. It is not stipulated that all women of the right age must be selected.

This application form is used to fill in the name of Xiunu's family background. There are two copies. After filling out, someone will hand one of them to the palace, and the Xiunu who should be selected will take the other copy as the palace entry certificate. .

When Du Rui arrived at the long room and read out the will, He Cunli and Mrs. Yu immediately invited him to the main hall to be seated.This day, all the lords and wives in the mansion, except He Jianghong, went to the long room, not only because it was a key decree, but also because of Du Rui's identity.

And the girls also gathered in Yuhua House to accompany them.After Mrs. Yu asked people to send in the application documents, when everyone heard that the young prince was coming, they looked at Yuhua with tacit understanding.
Liuli has a ghost in her heart, and she doesn't want to come forward.Yan Hua sat beside her, snorted suddenly, Liu Li looked over and saw a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes, immediately thought that she had some kind of plan to deal with her, so she stood up calmly, walked away Sit down next to Huanhua.

Seeing Liuli get up, Yan Hua got up and went to Yu Hua's side, and looked closely at the document.I saw that it was written with the yellow silk used by the emperor in the palace, and the emperor's imperial seal was printed on the bottom.Huanhua said: "This thing is unusual. I heard that if you lose it, you won't have to replace it. Third sister, you have to take it away."

Yuhua nodded, and solemnly stuffed it into the small copper drawer under the dressing table, "I don't have my orders in this room, no one can come in, so I won't throw it away." As he spoke, he looked at the courtyard next door. He closed his eyes, and the corners of his lips were slightly smug.

Yan Hua saw it in his eyes, and there was a hint of resentment in his brows and eyes.

Today, there is a meal for the youngest son in the long room, so the girls also set up a banquet in the inner courtyard, and after a while, someone came to invite them to the flower hall.Yuhua leads the way, Liuli and Huanhua follow, Suhua and Yanhua are last.Talking and laughing all the way to the flower hall, after taking their seats one by one, Huanhua said: "Where is Fifth Sister?" Su Huayuan was with her, then raised her chopsticks and said: "She lost a handkerchief, and went to look for it." Yuhua didn't either. Thinking of it, he ordered people to serve the food.

Yanhua didn't come back until three or four dishes were served, Liuli saw that her face was very light, not as angry as before, and she didn't know what was going on.

So when the banquet in front was over, He Yuli asked Tingyu and Tingfang brothers to accompany Xiao Shizi to the side hall for tea, and the girls went back to their respective rooms here.When Liuli returned to Anxi Hall, the old lady couldn't help asking about the situation here, Liuli explained in detail, the old lady was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said: "This little prince is really hardworking."

Liuli pondered for a long time before she guessed what this meant, she also heard that Xiao Shizi's frequent visits to He Mansion were related to Yuhua, so she sighed.Thinking about it, even if Yuhua was not allowed to enter the palace, he would be accused of being handed over to the Huaining Hou Mansion, which would be acceptable to the old lady and others.Liuli doesn't care about this, as long as Yuhua and her here will never have anything to do in this life, so whether she is accompanying her or marrying into the Hou family, she is happy to see it happen.

It happened that Aunt Su came after dinner, Liuli and her talked with the old lady for a while, seeing that the old lady was tired, she sent Aunt Su out.Aunt Su said under the porch: "The old lady's spirit is getting worse day by day. What kind of situation is it? Did Doctor Wu ever say it?"

Liuli pondered for a while, thinking that she was no longer an outsider, then shook her head solemnly: "It's not a good situation either. There are always problems with the stomach, heart and lungs, and Doctor Wu can't explain why. At the beginning, I only gave one sentence, Saying the worst is that it could be bad at any time."

(End of this chapter)