boudoir

Chapter 196
When she said this, Liuli thought of something, looked at her for a while, and then at Yuegui Haitang, before she knew it, she was already a big girl.Rui'er is sixteen after the new year, and Laurel Haitang is younger, also in the fourteenth and five-year period. When she gets married, she will be sixteen or seventeen.The girl in the room didn't have any reason to bring three or four with her, so who would she take with her then?

I started thinking about it, so I saved this matter. Fortunately, it's still early, so if I don't have an idea, I can let it go and talk about it later.

Rui'er took the new clothes she took off and changed them again, and when she brought them back, it was the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Early in the morning, she changed into new clothes, put on light makeup, and combed her hair in a bun.There was no hairpin on her head, and she looked plain, so she put on an intricate gold collar around her neck, and hung a gold lock.It looks not vulgar and expensive, but the jacket with smoky patterns against the lotus color is not plain.

It was still Rui'er who brought a set of spare clothes and went with Yuegui to the Erdaomen.Rui'er ordered Haitang to look after the house, and Xiyue, Caiyun, and Xianglan were the rest.While Liuli was lying in bed, Qi Shi personally brought these three people over to fill in the vacancy of her servant girl.Now Rui'er is a first-class girl, Yuegui Haitang is a second-class girl, and these three are examples of a third-class girl.

As for Shuangxi, since He Yuhua was able to firmly insist that her hairpin was in the glazed jewelry box, then no matter whether it was made by Shuangxi, she didn't bother to deal with her anymore, so she didn't keep her.When Mrs. Liang came to see, Shuangxi came to offer tea, and even made a cup, Liuli handed her over to Mrs. Liang without saying anything.Mrs. Liang pondered for two days and didn't know how to deal with it. It happened that Shuhua returned to Ning with the child. The mother and daughter talked for a while, and when she came out, she found an excuse and beat her to the back to sweep the garden.

Liuli got into the carriage, and Huanhua also arrived. Liuli saw how she was dressed. She wore a hazy beanie with a jacket with light moiré patterns on her head, and a mouse-gray mink fur cloak. Flowers, very decent.It's just that there is a bit of worry in the eyebrows and eyes, which doesn't match her delicate makeup.

"What happened again?"

When the car left the mansion, Liuli asked.

Huanhua sighed, "You probably won't believe me when I told you. Just now I went to pay my mother's greetings, but she was so upset."

Liu Li paused for a moment and turned around, Qi Shi was upset?That is to say, after so many years of pregnancy, she finally got pregnant?

"I am engaged now, and I will go out next year. I am not afraid of what she will do to me. It's just that my mother is pitiful. If my mother has her own heir, she will naturally not protect my mother as before. I am not like Shu My sister is so stubborn, the Lin family is not a big family, even if I come back, I can't help her, Aunt Ning still doesn't know how to squeeze her."

Huanhua's eyes were red, and he took a light breath. "As for my father, you know that there is no one else in his eyes except mother. Aunt Ning gave birth to two sons, and he has always been indifferent to her, let alone my mother. Come to think of it, she too wretched."

Liuli thought about her words carefully, but it made sense.He Pusong's respect and love for Qi's family is a blessing to her, but it is a misfortune to the concubines who are the tools for giving birth.Although Auntie Ning has a son, she will inevitably be unwilling to get the attention of her husband. She dare not touch Mrs. Qi, so can Auntie Liu still be unable to move?Sanfang will have to go through a lot of trouble again.

But these things can't be helped. The concubine's status is inherently low. It's good that the Qi family doesn't treat them harshly. We can't expect them to take care of them.Liuli thought for a while, then said: "I still don't know whether she will have a son or a daughter. Instead of worrying about it now, it's better to relax and prepare for marriage. If she has a daughter, it will be fine, but the dowry will be less If it is a son, Aunt Ning is the one who is most anxious."

If the Qi family gave birth to a son, He Tingrong and He Tingfu, as the concubine, would only get a small amount of money to settle down when the family was separated in the future. If the Qi family gave birth to a daughter, it would be nothing more than a dowry money. The dowry and private affairs of the family can't be posted much in the public office, and when the family is divided, only the two concubines will have an equal share.

After Huanhua heard this, he couldn't help but nodded: "It seems that I was really worrying too much. You can see clearly than me every time. I really don't know what to do."

Liuli said: "That's why I asked you to come out with me. These mundane things seem annoying, and I don't want to care about them, but no matter what, we live in this circle after all. What's more, people like me who are deeply trapped in this whirlpool of power? No, we learn, and we learn to protect ourselves and the people around us."

At this time, Huanhua fully understood her thoughts on training herself.Although Liuli is her sister in name, she has long regarded her as her sister in her heart. After these few words, how can she hope that she will live a life where she only envies mandarin ducks and not immortals, and ignores worldly feelings? your thoughts?
At that moment, her heart was surging, and she held her hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, I'm stupid, but I'm willing to put my heart into it."

Liuli knew that she was enlightened, so she smiled and said, "I'm also crossing the river by feeling the stones. There are things I understand and others I don't understand. If we don't understand, let's think about it. With our sisters around, we can never fail to make it through. The hurdle..."

While speaking, Prince Yu's Mansion arrived, Rui'er stepped forward to hand over the post, and someone at the door had already handed over the horse stool, and let the two of them get out of the car.Immediately, someone carried two soft sedan chairs, and when they got on one after another, they carried them to the mansion.

It wasn't snowing today, but there was a bit of sunlight. The soft sedan passed through the second gate, and a group of people came over, beckoning the sedan to stop and passing through the hallway. After Liuli came out, she said, "Is this the Ninth Miss from He Fu?" Liuli nodded and said yes.Looking back at Huanhua, he was also helped out by the two women brought by the noble mother.

Liuli sized up the noble mama, seeing the brocade clothes, she didn't look like an ordinary servant, so she said with a smile: "May mama please lead the way."

The aristocrat nodded, smiled and beckoned, and led them to the main courtyard.

Prince Yu and his wife are still alive, so it is reasonable to go to greet them first and then go to see Concubine Qi.Liuli entered the main courtyard, and there were several other noble ladies. Hearing that the eighth and ninth girls of the He Mansion had arrived, they all stopped talking for an instant, and looked up at the door.Chun Yang and Xiao Concubine Qi stood up first, and said with a smile: "The rare guest is here!"

Liuli knew that this meant that she was not invited out of the house easily, so she nodded and smiled generously, looked up, and saw an elderly and graceful woman looking at each other with a smile, she stepped forward two steps, bent down and gave a deep blow. After a salute, he said, "Greetings to the princess."

Today, because Liuli was the invited host and guest, it was the first time that Princess Yu met as an elder, and there was no gift to reward her. Little Concubine Qi led her to sit aside, and Chunyang led Huanhua up again. See you soon.

Those who sat with him in the room were all close relatives, nothing more than the natal family of the concubine, the natal family of the little concubine Qi, and the natal families of the other daughter-in-laws.They are all elders, they have nothing to say, in front of Chunyang, they all know that they are cousins, so it is inconvenient to say anything.After sitting for a while and saying a few polite words, Concubine Qi led them to the back garden in person.

In fact, Mu Yang's Jiji Ceremony was held in the Royal Ancestral Temple early in the morning, and the banquet in the mansion was just a lively and lively one, inviting some young and powerful women and girls to let Mu Yang know and talk.Secretly, there is also the idea that my family has a young girl who has just grown up, and now that she is old enough, she pulls it out for a walk. In everyone's mind, whoever has a suitable young man can also help match the match.Therefore, no male guests were invited, and the location was set in a warm pavilion in the back garden.

After exchanging pleasantries all the way to the gate of the garden, Concubine Qi suddenly stopped and said seriously: "I have something to tell you first."

Liuli said: "If the princess of the county has something to say, I can't help but say it directly."

Concubine Concubine Qi looked at the open door at Nuan Pavilion, showing a look of embarrassment, before she knew what to say, Huanhua whispered to a young woman who came out of the door: "Look, Liuli, the third sister is here too! "

Liuli looked up, and sure enough, she saw Yuhua talking to another woman at the door, she was still dressed up, her appearance was graceful, she looked like a noble young woman, she probably didn't see her, so her expression looked very relaxed.

When Liuli came back, she never thought that Hui Yuhua would come too.

"What I want to say is this." Little Concubine Qi was a little helpless and apologetic, "I thought you weren't interested in coming, so I also sent a post to Grandma Qi, and she agreed. So I sent a reply. I blame me for not doing well in this matter, and I hope you will take care of it."

As a frequent visitor of the eldest princess's mansion, the little concubine Qi naturally knew the lawsuit between Liuli and Yuhua well. This concern is right, but after all, she is an elder, and even the concubine of the county princess. It is to save face for me to take care of her. , where can you really climb up the pole?So he smiled and said: "Princess Jun is too worried. You are kind, how can I blame you for this? She and I are always sisters, we don't meet here, we always meet in other places, just don't care about other people's face , but also take care of your own face."

Little Concubine Concubine Qi was also accompanied by the noble mother who gave Liuli just now, and several maids in the mansion, after hearing this, she couldn't help but glance at Liuli.Concubine Concubine Qi's eyes lit up, she immediately took Liuli's hands and patted them, and said: "You are so reasonable, it really relieves my heart troubles. It's cold outside, let's go in now!"

As he spoke, he actually pulled her up the stone steps.

Today, the entire Nuan Pavilion is dedicated to female guests, and there is a special tea room for maids outside.At this moment, the door was open, and when people came outside, the people inside couldn't help but glance at this side once or twice.Lu Muyang was the closest to the door. Seeing his mother bringing guests again, he left Yuhua aside for the time being and greeted him cheerfully, "Who are these two younger sisters? Mother, quickly introduce them!"

(End of this chapter)