boudoir

Chapter 148 categorically refused
Seeing that her face was flushed and her breathing was rapid, Liuli couldn't help being stunned when she saw that she was not as weak and decadent as before. People usually have a flashback before they die, and the two or three days Wu Yinzhong said has come. Could it be that the deadline is really today?

Immediately, he couldn't help his nose sour, forced a smile and said: "Yes, the old man is next door, so I'll send someone to invite him."

As he said that, he walked out quickly, and when he reached the outside of the curtain, he held on to the door frame and tried to calm down a little before he stepped out again.

The old man arrived soon, because of Wu Yinzhong's words, all the old men who had been temporarily employed in the mansion in the past two days have gone to the court for leave, and at the same time, they have written a letter early to let He Jianghong, who is in the field, bring Aunt Liu and Zhenhua back to the capital. In the past two days, all the people, old and young, have been in the mansion.

After the old lady entered, Liuli asked Hongmei and Lvhe to inform the other houses and Wu Yinzhong, and it happened that Liang's mother and daughter, Yuhua, Aunt Su and others were there. Hearing Liuli's order, she also felt that it was not good, and immediately came up to inquire. .

Liuli didn't speak, just shook her head, and Aunt Su's tears rolled down her face.Shuhua Yuhua glanced at each other, and her expression immediately became serious.And Liang Shi sat down with a sigh, and after a while, also took the silk to seal the eye sockets.

Liu Li turned under the curtain, and the people in each room soon arrived. Nearly a hundred people in the mansion gathered in the hall with gloomy expressions, and the atmosphere of sadness intensified invisibly.Through the curtain Liuli could hear the old lady explaining something to the old man intermittently. The old man tried his best to suppress it and responded with a choked voice.She couldn't tell what mood she was in at this moment, she had already expected this moment, but when it really came, it was pressed tightly in her heart like a stone, making it suffocating.

After a while, the old man came out with red eyes, and everyone came forward one after another, he turned his face away and said: "Everyone, let's go in first."

Yu Hua suddenly stood up: "My mother is the second elder's daughter-in-law, and today the old lady is happy, so she should be invited out to see her off."

Aunt Su and the others who were about to enter stopped suddenly, and Liuli under the curtain also looked at Yuhua sharply.She actually asked Mrs. Yu to come out at such a time, how could Mrs. Yu come out?If she comes out, who can get her in again? !When the old man was speechless, Liuli said decisively: "Without Da Furen, the old lady wouldn't be here today. Let her come out at this time, isn't it intentional to make the old lady leave uneasy? Or is it according to the old lady's decision that day?" , let her pray for the old lady in the Buddhist hall!"

Yuhua's gaze suddenly turned to that of a knife, and Liuli stood under the curtain, staring at him without showing any weakness.

Because the two of them suddenly became silent in the hall, the old man waved his hand after a while and said: "Listen to Jiu girl, you go in."

He Yuli glanced at Liuli, and silently led a group of people in. Liuli was at the end of the line and had to follow. The old man said, "Wait a minute, the old lady will call you in the end." Liuli stopped again, still standing Under the curtain.

After the first room came out, they went to the second room, and it was the turn of the fourth room. He Xiuyuan and Nie led a group of people inside with red and swollen eyes.When they came out, Qingshang came to lift the curtain, "Miss Jiu, please come in, the old lady has something to say."

The old lady explained to her alone, which seemed to imply something, Liang and others glanced over from time to time, and Yuhua also stared at her back.

Liuli entered the room, called "Grandmother", and knelt down on the footbed in front of the bed.The old lady waved the maids to go out, then took her hand and motioned her to sit down.Liuli wiped away her tears and sat down on the ottoman. The old lady sized her up for a long time and said slowly: "You are just like your eldest aunt. You have a good face, delicate but not gorgeous. It is a sign of wealth. In the future, you will Grasp it a little better, and there will be a bright future.”

Liuli lowered her head and sobbed.

"Staying in the mansion as a concubine, you have tasted a lot of bitterness, and you should know that there are many classes in the world, and in a small house, the biggest classification is between the concubine and the concubine. I can't blame others for everything I have suffered as a concubine, because being a concubine also has the hardships of a concubine. They have to guard against all the people around them who may become threats. Harmony will never be possible. What I want to tell you now is that after you have tasted all these hardships, you must be the master for yourself in the future, marry out dignifiedly and become the wife of the original wife, and then guard your husband. sons and daughters, and become a truly wealthy woman."

Liuli held on to the edge of the bed tightly, bit her lower lip and listened, her face was already terrified by tears.

"For you," the old lady coughed and panted, "I originally thought that I might be able to wait until that person came to propose marriage, so I kept the dowry I prepared for you, and wanted to give it to you after you got engaged. Take it. Now I can't wait. Here is the key to my own small storeroom. Inside is the dowry for you. The old man has counted it himself. There are two keys, one for you and one for the old man. , it needs to be inserted at the same time to open it. You put it away, and the old lady will give you the key when you get married."

She reached out and took out a copper spoon from under the pillow, handed it to Liuli, patted the back of her hand with difficulty and said, "I'm afraid your marriage will take a lot of work. Be careful yourself. Your Aunt Su is also an old lady." Miserable, you want, for me, to treat her better."

"old lady!……"

Liuli held the key tightly, leaned on the old lady and cried bitterly.

After explaining these things, the old man who had been tortured by the poison for more than two years finally let out a sigh of relief and collapsed.

Liuli burst into tears and called Wu Yinzhong, and the crowd waiting outside the door also rushed in, but it was useless. No matter how Wu Yinzhong's silver needle was pricked, the old lady had already reached the point where the oil was exhausted. No matter how much the filial sons like He Yuli cried out in pain, she could only vent her breath but not breathe in it.

At three o'clock on the eve of the 13th year of Qingxi, Mrs. He suddenly returned to the west.Everyone in the mansion was crying, and in less than half a day, the three gates had posted posters to announce the funeral.

Then the funeral arrangements began.The coffin of the old lady stayed in the mansion for seven days as usual, and was moved to Jinquan Temple outside the city after the religious service was completed. The coffin was not raised for burial until 49 days after the July Seventh.Liuli stayed in front of the coffin for twenty-seven days, until the old master assigned each house to take turns to guard the coffin, and then returned to the mansion with the team.

While at Jinquan Temple, various prefectures in central Beijing also came to express their condolences, and Du Rui also came with a famous card from the Huaining Marquis Mansion.Liuli met him on the porch, stood seven or eight steps away, wanted to say hello to him, but in the end she was not in the mood for a conversation, she nodded and wanted to leave.Du Rui caught up and held back for a long time before saying, "Don't worry, you're fine."

Liuli didn't know what kind of heart he made her put, but in the end she couldn't bear to brush off his kindness, and said, "I'm fine, thank you very much."

After this incident in the mansion, it is naturally another situation.The old man's body became more rickety, and his movements were not as agile as before. He took half a month of recuperation before returning to court.In addition, Aunt Su is also ill, now Liuli doesn't have to wait in the main courtyard, so she takes care of her for a few days.Aunt Su was very happy, she got out of bed and walked around within a few days.

Because He Jianghong came back with Aunt Liu and Zhenhua, Aunt Liu looked a few years younger than before when she saw that Aunt Liu and Zhenhua were gone, and she felt very uncomfortable. In the past two days, the old man has been pestering the old man, asking him to take care of things in the court, to see if he can get He Jianghong back.On the one hand, he went back to his room to persuade He Jianghong to simply report to Ding You and stay in Beijing for the time being.That's all she said, but Shuhua couldn't help talking in detail, weighing the pros and cons, He Jianghong also reported to the court the next day, asking Ding You to stay in Beijing.

A Zhenhua came back, at least it made the increasingly deserted courtyard a bit more lively.

As for the third room, without the old lady on top, Mrs. Qi seems to be more and more comfortable as the mistress. Over the past few months, she must have replaced all the people that Mrs. Yu originally placed in the mansion. Mrs. Yu racked her brains to overthrow Mrs. The big mountain of Madam, now she is all taken advantage of, it is no wonder that there is a lot of complaints in the long room, Xie's and Ruan's have not even gone to the Buddhist hall in the past few months.Only Yuhua went around every now and then, and now it's been a long time, the old master actually allowed Mrs Yu to meet with the elders, this has gradually become a hidden danger in Auntie Su's heart.

And Liuli didn't touch it because she still had the pass card for the supply from the main courtyard in her hand. At the same time, as long as the Qi family didn't ask her to hand it over, she would never bring it up by herself.

At the old lady's funeral, Yan Hua naturally returned home as Mrs. Feng Yuan, but judging from the new claw marks on her face, this new Mrs. Uncle must have had a hard time. .Liuli didn't meet her, one was not in the mood, and the other was that she didn't want to be made even more moody by her.

After the [-]th and [-]th day, after the old lady's grand funeral, the daily routine in the mansion gradually returned to the original track, and in the blink of an eye, it will be April of the next year, which is the season of warm spring and flowers blooming.

Just when Erfangli and the Song family were about to discuss the auspicious date of the two big weddings, there was another good news this year. The fifth young master He Tingbang was about to get engaged, and the girl he fell in love with turned out to be the girl who got lost behind the Begonia courtyard. , and later entrusted by Liuli to He Tingbang, Luo Mingzhu, the daughter of Dongge University scholar!This is actually Duan's unintentional fate, when Liuli and Huanhua mentioned this in private, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He Xiuyuan was very much in favor of this marriage. Nie originally thought that the Luo family was only a fifth rank, and that Luo Mingzhu was a concubine, but she couldn't help Tingbang's stubbornness, and thought that Luo Mingzhu's compatriot sister was now a concubine. The side concubine of Prince Ning's mansion reluctantly nodded in agreement.

The custom in this dynasty is only half a year to keep filial piety, so the two governments can start preparations right now.But at the time when the second and third bedrooms were busy, Aunt Su suddenly fell ill.

(End of this chapter)