boudoir

Chapter 152
"I know you are all my younger sisters." Yuhua raised her lips, "I said these words not to express my sympathy, but to see you all happily and envious of each other in the past, but you couldn't bear to get close I took this opportunity to come today, if you don’t think I’m thick-skinned, you can call me for whatever you do in the future.”

Huanhua's mouth opened even wider. Perhaps the noble and supportive three girls in the mansion changed their image of cold-faced Furong in the past, and suddenly condescended to get close to them, and seemed to say this from the bottom of their hearts. What she said was really surprising, at this moment she actually sat there dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.

The other girls are almost in the same shape as her, but after all Shuhua has more experience, at this moment she smiled and said: "Third sister is willing to play with us, it's kind of kind. Liu Li still wants to toast to sister?"

Liuli secretly gouged her out, and she couldn't believe that she hadn't been suspicious of Yuhua, and now she threw this potato straight at her, it was really annoying.But looking at the eagerly looking eyes of Huanhua, Zhenhua and Suhua, it seems that if I don't do it, I will become that evil person without conscience, but I can't help smiling, holding a cup and saying to Yuhua: "Three The girl is willing to join us, it is too late for us to be happy, how can we have other ideas?" First, he drank the wine and expressed his sincerity.

Huanhua was at the side earnestly inducing: "You should be called the third sister!"

Liuli took a deep look at her, and smiled at Yuhua who came over, "Third sister."

Liuli felt that she was going to be killed by Huanhua.Next, the atmosphere at the wine table was unprecedentedly lively. Huanhua and the three of them suddenly became friendly to Yuhua, who existed like a god in the past, and showed 12 points of enthusiasm. Huanhua thought that she really had a qualitative change in her attitude towards Liuli, so he kept urging her to get close to her.Shuhua contributed to the flames, so the birthday wine almost became a relative meeting between the sisters.

Aunt Su excused herself not to spoil the girls' interest, she drank a few glasses of wine and then left. Before she left, she gave Liuli a meaningful look, Liuli made a gesture to indicate that there was no problem, and asked Yuegui to send her back to the long room.As soon as she left, she felt even more relaxed. Zhenhua proposed a drinking order, and after walking around, she drank a whole jar of wine.Fortunately, the wine was not too strong, Huanhua and the others went out, except for the flushed cheeks, they walked and talked quite steadily.

The next day in Wutong Courtyard, Yuhua really greeted them when he saw them, although he still didn't take the initiative, but at least he would respond.Seeing Liuli present, he asked her if she was drunk last night.

It was really difficult for Liuli to adapt to her change, even her smile was not natural.It was unavoidable to be nagged by Huanhua, who had a gut to the bottom, "Although the eldest lady is vicious, but after all, the third sister has never done anything. You can't hate the house. And the attitude of the third sister is really good now. Our sisters How many years can we stay together? Why don't you get along well. "

"Yes, yes, what you said is very reasonable." Liuli nodded her head like a woodpecker, "You really have more and more urges to emulate the housekeeper. Did the third lady mention your marriage recently?"

Huanhua patted her on the arm with a round fan: "If you're serious, you'll just talk about it. The third sister hasn't ordered yet, so why should I be in a hurry?"

Hearing her mentioning her again, Liuli couldn't help saying: "That's right, she's sixteen this year, why hasn't someone from the Huaining Houfu come to propose marriage?" As far as she knew, He Yuli wanted her to marry into the Du family, but he could push Many people who came to ask for marriage were lost.This sincerity is enough to think about it, but why didn't the eldest princess send someone to come?
"It's hard to say." Huanhua said. "Anyway, it depends on this Dragon Boat Festival, whether there will be people from the Huaining Hou Mansion."

Liuli said: "Is there anything to say about the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Huanhua said: "I heard from my mother that day that Marshal Qi will return to the court next month. The Marquis of Huaining wants to act, and it is time to act."

Liuli didn't like her being a provocateur, so she looked straight at her, and Huanhua said, "Marshal Qi has two wives and three legitimate sons. The eldest son, Qi Yunhao, has been named a mighty general. He is 19 years old this year. The second son, Qi Yunjingyuan, is also Then he went to the north, and later returned to Beijing due to injury, so he stayed in Beijing and entered the military department. He is also 17 years old this year. The third son, Qi Yunke, who went to the front line the year before last, is now also serving in the army. He is 15 years old. Qi Yunhao It was born to Mrs. Yuanpei, so this Mrs. Yuanpei has a long history. Her aunt is the late Empress Dowager. So this mighty general Qi Yunhao and Prince Qing Wang are actually cousins. And Qi Yunjing and Prince Qing Qi Yunke was born to the house-filling Mei family who married later."

Liuli was familiar with the Qi family's relationship, and impatient to hear this, she interrupted her and said, "You just need to say what is the relationship with the Marquis of Huaining?"

"I'm going to talk about it now." Huanhua patted her angrily, and said, "It's a big relationship. The Qi family has made such a great contribution, and the Holy One should not reward him with death? That's why The news came out that after the Marshal led his troops back to Beijing, the Holy Majesty would propose a marriage for the children of the Qi family. It was this mighty general, Qi Yunhao, who missed the marriage because of the war, so he must choose a good marriage for him. Do you think Ah, how many ladies from famous families can be counted in Beijing now? Our third girl must be on the list. The eldest princess really wants to accept her as a grandson-in-law, shouldn't she express it on the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Liuli was stunned when she heard this, and dared to make a big circle. This Yuhua is still involved with Qifu, but it is possible to marry Qi Yunhao?

In her previous life, when Liuli followed Yuhua to the Qi Mansion, Marshal Qi and Qi Yunhao were still in the frontier, only Qi Yunjing had served in the Ministry of War, so she had never seen this man before, but only heard that he was brave in battle, and Bad temper, not easy to get along with.If Yuhua knew about this, he might not be willing to marry such a person.After all, Du Rui is still very kind, with the air of a prince.

With doubts, Liuli waited to see what would happen to the Huaining Hou Mansion during the Dragon Boat Festival.It just so happened that a letter from Uncle Xu arrived on a fast horse the day before the Dragon Boat Festival. She sat in the courtyard and played the colored glaze chess sent by Guo Xia by herself while reading.Seeing half of it, she couldn't help jumping up, Rui'er thought something serious happened, and hurried over, Liuli said: "Uncle Shi will come to Beijing next month!"

Rui'er was also happy for her: "Really? How long will you stay? How do we arrange it?"

Liuli looked down again, and then said: "It didn't say in the letter, it only said that he would come. Let's talk about it when he comes."

Rui'er agreed, turned her head to leave, Liu Li folded up the letter again, and said, "I'm going to the fourth room."

Uncle Xu has already inquired clearly about Luo Mingzhu's past. It turns out that this man is also a local prominent family, surnamed Hu, who has practiced medicine for generations. Luo Mingzhu's mother gave birth to her with dystocia. Take your life back.University scholar Luo was still a county magistrate in Yu'an back then, and felt that there was nothing he could do to repay her. When Luo Mingzhu was three or four years old, the Hu family saw that she was smart and cute, so they proposed to make a baby marriage with the Luo family.University scholar Luo naturally agreed, and the next year he suddenly received an order to go to Beijing, so he brought his family to Beijing.

Fast forward ten years, the young master of the Hu family was 16 years old, and Mrs. Hu thought that Luo Mingzhu would be [-] years old, so she sent a letter asking them to get married.University scholar Luo told Luo Mingzhu about this, but Luo Mingzhu disagreed.Because her elder sister has already entered Prince Ning's residence as a side concubine, University scholar Luo did not dare to restrict her very much now, after a long time of persuading her to no avail, he had to write a letter expressing regret.The Hu family was furious when they received the letter, and the next day Master Hu led the young master of the Hu family to Beijing. Senior scholar Luo also felt guilty, but Luo Mingzhu forced him to die. Because of his status, the Hu family did not want a forced marriage. If he is notorious, he will return to Yu'an, and this matter is hanging here.

Later, the Hu family suddenly received a letter from Luo Mingzhu, in which she mentioned the reason why she did not want to marry into the Hu family. It turned out that after the Luo family entered Beijing, Luo Mingzhu heard that the young master of the Hu family was a bit promiscuous. Moreover, she raised fans outside, so she disagreed with this marriage.The Hu family has a good family style for generations, and after seeing the letter, they were furious. They arrested Young Master Hu and questioned him, and then they realized that there was such a thing, so they didn't mention the marriage anymore. Later, they asked for a letter To Luo Mingzhu, I apologized to her in the letter.

After reading the letter, Liuli analyzed it, thinking that Mrs. Pan must be ignorant of the inside story when she used this matter to beat Mrs. Nie.This Luo Mingzhu dealt with this matter secretly, but also thought that the Hu family was reasonable, in order to protect their family's reputation, she did not spread it widely, and would rather bear the infamy of regretting the marriage, which is considered rare.

Leading Yuegui to the fourth room, she showed the letter to Mrs. Nie, who patted her chest and said, "I'm afraid this girl is not easy to get along with, but no, my marriage has been decided in private. I didn't go through her parents' matchmaker, I think Tingbang was fascinated by her, and she must have given her some kind of ecstasy soup!"

Liu Li glanced at her from behind the tea bowl, put the bowl away and said, "Fourth Aunt is a godsend, why don't you find a satisfactory marriage for Fifth Brother?"

Nie stroked her handkerchief and snorted, not daring to be too presumptuous.Not reconciled to being squeezed out by her, he said: "Speaking of which, you girls are all grown up. Tingbang has made an appointment here, and it will definitely be your turn next. Does the ninth girl have someone to look at? The fourth aunt is not good. , How many connections do you have after all, and they can help you weigh them when you tell them."

Liuli's face darkened, "What are you talking about, Aunt Si? I've been thinking about the young master all day long? What do you think of me?"

Seeing that she was angry, Mrs. Nie hurriedly said: "That's not what I meant. It's all my clumsiness. I wanted to ask you if you had any thoughts, so how dare you say such a thing. Forget it, just treat me as a fart. "

Yuegui next to her couldn't help laughing.Even if Mrs. Nie is displeased, there is nothing wrong with her at this moment.After all, Liuli was not in the mood to sit down anymore, put down her tea and got up, then went back to her room.

(End of this chapter)