boudoir

Chapter 279
Min Hua glanced at the room, and said: "You are the general's wife, and you are the son and blood of the great master, so you can live in this room. I am just a named daughter in the long house, so what right do I have to live with you. "

These words made Liuli speechless.Indeed, if she didn't have the status she has now, why would the He Mansion give her a separate courtyard?And still under pressure to agree to all her demands?Without this layer of identity, it would be useless for her to be close to He Wei even if she had a close relationship with him.

At this thought, she thought of her child again, so she said, "Where is Brother Ting? Didn't you come?" Min Hua gave birth to a son the second year after marrying Ma Weiqing, and he is now three or four years old.

Min Hua paused for a while, then said: "At home, his grandmother took it." He stared at the floor again and became dazed.

Liuli always felt that she had something to say when she came here, and was about to ask a question when she said outside, "Fifth Grandma is here."

Min Hua hurriedly got up with his eyes closed, turned around and said, "I'll go back first, and I'll look for you later."

Liuli had no choice but to nod, and personally sent it out.

Luo Mingzhu sighed when she saw Liuli, "You're here anyway! I've been busy with these things these days."

She is also the child's mother now, her face is a little plump compared to before marriage, and her demeanor is more crisp and neat.Liuli sized her up and said, "I know you are capable, so I didn't come." Pulling her into the room to sit, Luo Mingzhu saw the two cups of tea on the table, and said, "Second aunt just came to see you for something?"

Liuli shook her head: "I don't know what happened, I didn't say anything."

Luo Mingzhu sighed: "She is also a hard-fated person. I heard that she was beaten by Mrs. Ma in the house a few days ago."

"Is there such a thing?" Liuli sat up straight, "Why did Ma Weiqing beat her?"

"I don't know." Luo Mingzhu shook his head, "I just heard that her mother-in-law is quite powerful. Ma Weiqing came from a poor family and was brought up by his mother. The second aunt is not good at flattering her husband, so she probably will inevitably be blown away by her mother-in-law beside her husband. Blow the wind in your ears." After clapping his hands, he took out another page of paper from his sleeve: "I'm looking for something for you! It's not enough to talk about these things. Look at this, this is Lingqian Zhai The name of the banquet, and the whole process of the funeral, I just heard from my mother-in-law that the eldest lady will be conferred as a life wife by Shen, these are all temporarily changed, look at it!"

The eldest lady here naturally refers to the Su family, how could Luo Mingzhu make a slip of the tongue in front of Liuli, so this eldest lady spoke very smoothly and naturally.Liuli glanced at it and pushed it back, "This is a matter of your family. I'm just a guest, so let me see it. What kind of reason? It's about the woman you said, what's the old man's attitude?"

Luo Mingzhu said: "Now it has become a fact, that is, it is short of a title, how can the old man have any objection? Naturally, please seal it immediately. It's just that Ting Fang and the couple had a quarrel for a while, but their arms couldn't twist their thighs, So it’s okay.”

Liuli nodded and greeted her for tea.Funerals are handled by He Fu according to the rules, even if she is not there, they dare not mess around.The Su family has already been included in the genealogy and has become a common wife. If they don't follow the regulations of the wife, it will also lose the face of the He family.In addition, the old man has already handed over the paperwork to the palace, so she has nothing else to do when she comes here except to accompany the spirit.

It happened that Huanhua came over with Brother Ping, and the three of them had tea and said a few words, and Luo Mingzhu was invited away.Huanhua looked at her back and said: "She is very busy now, she has already listened to her affairs in the fourth room, and the fourth aunt is also surprised that a person who used to be so fussy is now in front of his daughter-in-law. Everything is easy to talk about.”

Liuli hugged Brother Ping and kissed him, peeled an almond for him to eat, and said to Huanhua: "People can't become good if they don't suffer a little bit. Why do you think Nie is like this? Mingzhu's sister is King Ning The side concubine has now given birth to a son for King Ning. Although the Hefu has gone to the fiefdom, King Ning's mother clan is still in the capital. The fourth room is about to go out to live another life. With the appearance of the fourth uncle, can he support the family business? Can't he rely on Tingbang? As the brother-in-law of King Ning, Tingbang has to be favored by him anyway. The fourth aunt has figured it out. That's why I respect my daughter-in-law."

"That's not necessarily true." Huanhua shook his head and said, "Fifth Brother is not the kind of person who clings to nepotism. He is planning to take the exam next year, and the old man said that he is very likely to win the exam. By the way," said here, She suddenly glanced at Ye Tong and Liu Wei outside, leaned down towards Liuli, and said in a low voice, "I heard that Du Rui is also preparing for next year's exam."

"he?"

Liuli was stunned.Du Rui is the youngest son of the Marquis of Huaining, and the Marquis of Huaining has been hereditary for three generations. He was born to be a Marquis, so what kind of fame does he need?
Huanhua glanced at her, and said: "I vaguely heard that it seems to be to prove to someone. Anyway, a while ago, when it was rumored that you and the general had a quarrel in bed, he arranged the princess for him. All the betrothal objects in the house were rejected. Then I left the Marquis Mansion and lived in another place, saying that I must obtain fame and enter the official career, so I specially invited a gentleman to study behind closed doors every day."

Liuli waved her hand, "How do you know?"

Huanhua said: "I know because the gentleman he invited is Lin Weiran's husband and his uncle."

Liuli was speechless.Since the news came from the Lin family, it is naturally accurate.But what is Du Rui doing?The person Huanhua mentioned was obviously referring to her, and she never said that she wanted him to prove anything!

Without allowing her to think too much, brother Ping had already started crying, it turned out that he wet his pants.

The nurse and the maids were busy for a while, then they diverted the conversation.

There were people in the mansion busy with the funeral, so Huanhua stayed with Liuli to accompany her, Caiping moved her dowry utensils over, Brother Ping also stayed, and set up another room for him and his nanny.It just so happened that Suhua also came back, so she simply lived in the same place.

In the next afternoon, Qi Yunhao really changed into plain clothes and came over, and at the same time, the palace also approved the old man's application note, and the Ministry of Rites immediately prepared all the rituals that should be required for the third-rank imperial order and came to the house.As a result, the mourning hall began to be remodeled again, and various regulations were adjusted again.However, because the Liang family and the Nie family had sent the news in the morning, Qian Changsheng and others had already prepared, so the exchange was very smooth.

If the news spreads further, all the prefectures in Beijing will naturally know that the aunt who died in the He Mansion has not only become a flat wife, but also has the status of a royal order, and has become the real He Mansion's clan wife. Those who were not prepared to come, Naturally, they all began to prepare to come to express their condolences.

As a filial daughter, Liuli also went to kneel in front of the spirit to accompany her.But in fact, according to the usual practice, these things don't require their married daughters to kneel beside them in person, so naturally some maidservants are arranged to do it for them.So she only needs to wear plain clothes and sit by Min Hua's side, and when some noble family members with different identities come, she can come forward and say goodbye.

Qi Yunhao was not idle either, but he couldn't find anything suitable for him to do, so he sat in the main courtyard with the old man.Now that he was here, outsiders knew about it, and some people always came for his face, so some high-status male guests were handed over to him.Ma Weiqing was also there, but he was classified as a first-class He Tingfang, and he and He Jianghong, He Xiuyuan and others were doing the work of welcoming and sending them off at the gate.

In the evening, Qi Yunke came to offer condolences on behalf of King Dingbei.

Liuli calmly took the gift list from Qian Changsheng's hand and looked at it. King Dingbei's gift was indeed rich, not only it was not a part of condolences for ordinary wives, but it was much higher than ordinary wives.It can be seen that Qi Yunke sent it after waiting until the palace issued an order.As for King Dingbei's city mansion, she got a better understanding of it.

Because he is a brother-in-law, he is a family member to the outside world, so Liuli did not avoid suspicion, and after returning the gift, he wanted Ye Tong to take him to the main courtyard.Ma Weiqing came over at this moment, bowed his head to Qi Yunke and said, "Young Ma Weiqing, the general is now in the main courtyard, so you don't have to work for the guard, just let the young one take the major general."

Because Liuli heard from Luo Mingzhu that he was beating Min Hua, she was a little impatient with him, but it was hard to lose face in front of so many people, so she winked and asked Ye Tong to come back.

Seeing her coming back, Min Hua opened his mouth, but somehow swallowed the words back.Liuli thought she was going to talk about the grievances she suffered in the Ma Mansion, so she couldn't help it anymore, and said, "Sister, just tell me what you want. Mother told me before she died, that she wanted us to take care of each other, sister If you have any embarrassing things, just tell me. If you have any grievances, there is also a younger sister who will get it back for you!"

Min Hua bit his lips, stood up, blessed her, and said, "If you really think of me as your sister, then do me a favor."

Liuli also stood up quickly: "Sister, just say it!"

Min Hua glanced at Ma Weiqing's whereabouts, and said, "Please tell the general for me to help Ma Weiqing move."

It turned out to be for this matter!Not to ask her to stand out for her, but to promote Ma Weiqing?Although Qi Yunhao is a military officer, he is not in the same way as Ma Weiqing, but no one can resist that he is the most popular minister in front of the Holy One, so it should not be difficult to move his position.But Liuli couldn't figure it out, Ma Weiqing could beat her regardless of the relationship between husband and wife, how could she ask for a future for him?
"Sister, why are you doing this? Does Ma Weiqing treat you well?"

Min Hua turned his face away, and shed a few tears, "It's okay, that's all. How can everyone treat you like a general?"

Liu Liyuan still wanted to question the truth of what Luo Mingzhu said, but if she heard what she said, there was no need to ask.At first, she saw that Ma Weiqing was very good at taking advantage of these relationships when he married Min Hua, but now it seems that the matter of seeking an official is probably Ma's idea.

But when Min Hua spoke up, could Liu Li respond?Although she didn't want to use these things to influence Qi Yunhao, and felt that Min Hua's actions were very disrespectful, but after all, Mrs. Su had something to say, and she also thought, maybe she did it for her, and the surname Ma could read because of it. How about treating her better?
(End of this chapter)