boudoir

Chapter 64
Sitting next to the beauty's couch, Mrs. Yu frowned when she heard Shuangxi finish reading the letter, "As soon as I opened my mouth, I asked someone for money. What kind of family girl is this? Hmph, she even said that after she was a scholar, she would eat it." Clothing and housing are all paid by the government, and the letter is called poor, and those who don’t know think we are really treating her harshly!”

Double Happiness folded the letter, and said respectfully: "After all, he is a child under ten years old, and unlike the serious girls in the mansion, he is trained by someone. Naturally, his background is superficial. It is precisely because Madam Madam mentioned that Cuiying had been greedy before." Therefore, she handed over the power of managing the money to Rui'er. If Rui'er knows the current affairs, she will definitely come to get close to us, and Jie Shi can take over 'her'. If she doesn't know the current affairs, it will be easy to handle. "

Yu Shi looked at her thoughtfully, then nodded after a while, "This plan is very good. Just do it."

Shuangxi said yes, and asked, "Then this letter?"

Yu waved his hand: "Send it! Let's see what she can do."

Double Happiness bowed and exited respectfully.When she got outside the courtyard gate, she didn't go to the second gate, but looked left and right, and suddenly she flashed into the narrow passage, and there was no one again...

There is no custom for the whole house to have a dinner on New Year's Eve in the mansion, because officials above the second rank in the court are scheduled to enter the palace on this day to bid farewell to the old man, and the old man is going to take the opportunity to return to the court, so naturally he cannot be absent. Chang gave the old lady a big make-up, and went into the palace in a warm sedan chair carried by four people.

In each room, we have a small reunion.The long room sent someone to tell us that at night, we will hold a banquet in the small building called Cuixiang Pavilion in Dongkuayuan, so that everyone in the room can go together, so as to save another trip to get food.But Liuli doesn't think that Mrs. Yu really sympathizes with Yuegui Haitang, maybe she wants to use this to observe her attitude towards the newcomers.

The big lanterns to welcome the Spring Festival will be hung from tonight, and more people are busy hanging the lanterns and peach charms in the garden. Nanny Li is still holding on to the glass to set the rules, but obviously she can't sit still, she keeps stretching her neck look out.Liuli pretended not to notice, and practiced standing and sitting according to her request over and over again.

When Shuangxi was not in front of her, Yuegui would look at Liuli curiously, and her flat eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if she was hiding a lot of confusion.Haitang was busy with her work, even if Liuli called her occasionally, she still took the order and left.

When Liuli was about to leave for the long room at dusk, Shuangxi picked out brand new clothes for her. The cuffs of the silver-red jacket were embroidered with a circle of white plum blossoms, and bordered with thin purple ribbons, which was very delicate.The lower gown is eight pomegranate skirts in lotus color, and the skirt is embroidered with red plums, which are also bordered with crimson purple silk, which echoes the upper gown.

Rui'er matched her with a pair of small padded shoes with silver soles and golden cloud patterns, and put on her the white fox fur cloak with a pair of rabbit ears.Liuli remembered the "Ode to Nagato", pulled it out and hugged it in her arms, and set off like that.

The weather has been cloudy since the afternoon, and after a light rain, the dead branches in the garden look more lonely, but once the bleak garden is added with bright red lanterns, it immediately becomes another beautiful scene.

Liuli suddenly looked forward to the coming of spring. After this severe winter, something will always change.

The Cuixiang Pavilion is on the east side of the top of the He Mansion. When you walk outside the long room, Shuangxi naturally leads the way, passing through the path between the courtyards of Mrs. Yu and Aunt Su.After a few steps, I saw two servants painting the walls of the courtyard. On the plaque under the door lintel, there were three large characters of "Cuixiang Pavilion" written in official script, and the inscription was "Jingcheng Yu Qingping Seventh Year Spring".

At that time, Liuli came here once to give Yuhua something. When she first saw the word "Cuixiangguan", she thought it looked like Goulan. Later, she realized that the name was a book bestowed by His Highness the Crown Prince himself. Books, naturally give what you want.

"Why is Miss Nine looking so engrossed?"

A somewhat probing voice came from behind, and Shuangxi and the others hurriedly said "Hello, Auntie".Liuli looked back, and saw Aunt Chen standing in front of her with Suhua, hurriedly stepped aside and said, "Hello, Auntie, hello Seventh Miss."

Aunt Chen loosened her hold on Suhua's hand, held the handkerchief in her hand and smiled, "Ninth Miss is here, why don't you go in? The second and third girls should have come, right?"

Liuli hurriedly said: "Because I saw that the writing was very pale, I forgot to take a step while admiring it carefully, which made my aunt laugh."

Aunt Chen looked at her and said: "I heard that the girl's ancestral home is a scholarly family. It seems true. Several girls in the mansion are also literate. One day, I will join a poetry meeting and let their sisters see it too." Your talents?"

Liuli waved her hands: "What kind of scholarly family is it? My grandfather is just a private school teacher, and he doesn't even have many students. Liuli Guang knows two baskets of big characters, but he dare not say that he has any talents in the dignified Shangshufu."

Aunt Chen tilted her mouth and looked at her.

"Mr. Private School may not be without talent and learning." Behind Suhua, beside the sycamore tree, suddenly came out He Yu, who only carried Yang Gui with his hands behind his back. He glanced at everyone, and his eyes settled on Liuli.

Liuli felt that his eyes were a bit aggressive, but she couldn't explain why, she was startled, and when she saw Shuangxi and others bowed down, she followed suit.

Aunt Chen's entire face brightened, and she walked up to him and stood on his right side in a short step: "Master is here?" She raised her head slightly to look at him, then lowered her head and flicked the skirt of her clothes lightly.

It was only then that Liuli discovered that she was also wearing a brand-new rose-colored embroidered blouse and a sky-blue floral skirt today, and her makeup was also very charming.

It's a pity that He Yu only hummed and walked in.

Liuli followed Aunt Chen into the door, stepped onto the verandah on the left, and arrived at the main hall on the south. There were several mats of different sizes in the hall, and Ziyun led two maids who were busy. The laughter of Shi, Aunt Su and others.

Aunt Chen quickly opened the curtain and ran in, "Hey, I'm coming tonight!"

The room was quiet for a while, then Aunt Su laughed and said, "No, you're here tonight! We were just talking about hanging lanterns during the Lantern Festival!"

As soon as Aunt Chen entered, she left He Zanbi outside the door, as if the excitement when she saw him just now was just someone else's illusion.Liuli glanced at He Yu, and said, "Should the elder go in first or not?"

He Yuzhi pointed to the scroll in her arms and said: "What is this?" Liu Lifang thought of it, and hurriedly offered it with both hands: "This is the "Zi Xu Fu" that the master said, I found it."

He Yuxi glanced at her, took it and slowly unfolded it, and closed it again after looking at it for a while.When he looked at Liuli again, his gaze became sharp and cold, as if some outrageous words were written on the paper.

Liuli felt a little guilty, afraid that he would find out something, but then he didn't say anything and let Yang Gui advance behind the curtain.

Liuli followed suit.When Aunt Su saw He Cistan, she stood up.Aunt Chen was slightly embarrassed.Seeing it, Yu's heart became clear, and she smiled and said nothing at the moment.On the contrary, Qin Huan'er, the concubine, raised her handkerchief and said loudly: "Oh, it turns out that Sister Chen and the master came here together, why are they separated when they enter the door?"

Aunt Chen was so embarrassed that she stood up again after her butt touched the chair.Yu Shi flicked the ginseng tea with downcast eyes, as if he hadn't seen it.Seeing this, Aunt Su came forward with a smile and said, "This is a blessing from the Holy Grace, the master is happy to be appointed as a food collection envoy. This is a great joy for our long house and even He Mansion. Because the old man has been ill these few days, I haven't had time to celebrate. Why don't we use this tonight, let's congratulate each other well."

He Yuli seldom pays attention to the matter of his wives and concubines, just now when Yu's ran on Aunt Chen, he saw it in his eyes, but he didn't mean to get involved in it, at this time he listened to Aunt Su's suggestion, just leaned on the couch and smiled, and continued to twist Peanuts.

Yu accepted her favor, and said with a smile: "That's exactly what I mean! Caiqin, hurry up and see if the young master and grandma have come, and the third young master, as soon as they arrive, we will start the banquet!"

When Liuli heard Aunt Su say that she wanted to celebrate, she suddenly realized that it was because of this that He Zanyu was beaming after coming back from the palace a few days ago!At the time of being bombarded, he not only gave the oral order, but also let the eldest son serve as such an important food requisition envoy, how could the old man care about other things, naturally he was so grateful to Dade!Isn't he rushing to the palace to thank you?
Thinking of this, Liuli has to admire He Yu's city government. It can be said that he has no ability to judge the situation and carry out this matter so smoothly.He Tingyu and Mrs. Xie arrived later, Ruimin was led by the nanny, and she asked for sesame candy.Ziyun fed her half a yuan, and the third young master Tingfang and Min Hua also arrived.

The 15-year-old Min Hua already has a graceful figure and a charming face. Under today's costumes, she has a different demeanor from the other sisters.

Because of the previous embarrassment, Aunt Chen sat under Aunt Su, and accosted her: "Min'er's wedding is at the beginning of February, so it's time to prepare for the wedding after the New Year?"

Aunt Su looked at Mrs Yu: "It's up to the master and wife to decide. As a mother, I just ask her to be kind to her in-laws, husband and children!"

Yu said with a smile: "I know this well. I have made a list for Qian Changsheng for everything that needs to be added. First, let's see what else is in the big storeroom in the mansion. I will add what is missing from the long storehouse. I will show you when the time comes. Make up for what’s missing.”

Aunt Su said: "The son-in-law was chosen by the old lady herself, and the marriage was arranged by the madam herself, so I have nothing to worry about."

Aunt Chen saw that they were so cheerful, and her smile was a bit forced.

Liu Li and Min Hua Suhua's three concubine daughters were seated together. Min Hua Suhua had a lot of contacts on weekdays and originally had something to talk about, but now when the marriage was mentioned, Min Hua's face blushed.

Without He Yanhua, the meal was very peaceful.After the banquet was over, Mrs. Yu suddenly took her into her courtyard and said, "Whose golden butterfly you gave me is it?"

Liuli's eyes were blank: "Cuiying's—I found it under her bed anyway."

Yu said in a deep voice, "Slap your mouth!"

Liuli hurriedly said: "I can swear to God, if I didn't get this thing from Cuiying, I would have killed it under the stick every day!"

Seeing that what she said was true, Mrs. Yu leaned back on the back and looked at her: "So these days, someone has been saying in private that this thing has appeared on the third lady's head?"

Liuli raised her head, thought for a while, and said, "I also don't think it's possible for Cuiying to have such a valuable thing, and it's not certain that she stole it. So I hand it over to Madam, and I also ask Madam to dispose of it on my behalf. In my humble opinion , if it belongs to the third lady, wouldn't it be good for you to return it to her, madam?"

Yu Shi looked at her with a cold face, without saying a word.It took half a day before he said: "Go down!"

(End of this chapter)