Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 2 Wu Nong's soft words, soft and pleasant

Ting Hekou's second master is Su Xi's second elder brother Su Zhi.

Su Zhi went to the border with the old man Su Qingbo in autumn, but he hasn't returned yet.The old man had just delivered a message to his family a few days ago, saying that he would try his best to come back before the Lantern Festival. Su Xi thought that the second brother would not give her a special gift again, but he did not expect that the second brother was still thinking of her.

Su Xi asked someone to bring the things in, and she was stunned when she saw it——

Two big camphor boxes are half as tall as Su Xi.Open it and see that the one on the left is a gadget with a very special border feature, and the one on the right is full of cloth and clothing.Su Xi took out a peacock blue gauze with rose red rolling strips and looked at it. It was brightly colored and patterned, and it was the top grade of fabric.Looking at the box again, it is mostly this kind of fabric. It may not be easy to collect so many.

Her second brother knew that she loved beautiful clothes, even though he was far away at the border, he did not forget her.

Su Xi suddenly lost his mind.She remembered that she also liked gorgeous and exquisite clothes in her previous life, but she was fat and fat, and dressed a little brighter. The two cousins ​​in the second room ridiculed her for being like a "round emerald dumpling".

Su Xi was very hurt.Afterwards, when I wear clothes, I try to avoid bright colors and only choose simple and plain ones.

It's just that she still yearns for the beautiful clothes she shelved.

If she loses weight in this life, will she be able to wear it?
"Girl?" Seeing that Su Xi was distracted, Ting Lu couldn't help calling.

Su Xi let out a "huh", blinked her eyes lightly twice, and suddenly came back to her senses.

Ting Lu asked: "Where do you think these things should be put?"

Su Xi thought for a while: "Put it in the side room, and put it together with the presents from Sister Tang and Sister Yu."

Hearing Lu's response, let someone carry the two boxes into the side room.

In this room, Ting Li brought the clothes worn at the family banquet, and asked Su Xi: "Girl, do you think you can see through these clothes?"

Su Xi saw that there was a pink gauze phoenix jacket with a peony pattern, a pleated pomegranate skirt underneath, and a pair of snow-green satin embroidered shoes on the pedals.In the past, Su Xi liked this outfit very much, but now she is not a real ten-year-old girl, she has unique insights into colors, and looking at this outfit, peach red with bright red, even for the New Year, it is really festive It's too much.

Su Xi said: "Didn't I have a light-colored Yuehua skirt? Bring that skirt, and I'll wear that one."

Ting Li was a little surprised, that Yuehua skirt was sewn by Yin's people from Xiuchunju, there are ten skirts in total, the colors are simple and elegant, lightly painted, and extremely delicate.Clothes in Xiuchunju are hard to come by, only ten pieces of ready-made clothes are made a year, and the door is closed for other time, so the shelves are full.Even so, there are still many people flocking to it every year, just for a piece of clothes from other houses.This Yuehua skirt was specially made by the proprietress of Xiuchunju for Yin's sake.It's just that Su Xi didn't like such a plain color at the time, so she kept it deep in the closet.

Now that Su Xi proposed to wear that skirt, Ting Li was naturally surprised. "Didn't the girl think it was too plain?"

Su Xi tilted her head and asked seriously, "Did I say that?"

"..." Tingli was caught by her, and she thought about it, as if she had never said it.

Ting Li picked out the Yuehua dress from the closet, and re-combed Su Xi into a double-screw bun. The bun was wrapped with a thin pearl gold chain with silk. The chain was a bit long, and the rest of it hung down. On both sides, there are two fluffy goose feather balls at the bottom.Dressed like this, against Su Xi's cute round face of Yuxue, it is even more innocent.

Ting Li looked at Su Xi's attire, her eyes lit up, and she praised: "Miss, this dress is really well chosen, it looks much better than the one just now."

Su Xi stood in front of the mirror and looked at it, she was quite satisfied, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the upper room to visit our ancestors."

The old lady Tan lives in Chunhui Hall.

When Su Xi arrived at Chunhui Hall, the people from the second room and the third room had already arrived.The second aunt Guo and the third aunt Yu sat under the old lady, and the two cousins ​​Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun stood aside, and when they saw Su Xi coming in, they all looked sideways.

Su Lingrong is from the Guo family, thirteen this year; Su Lingyun is from the Zhang family, the concubine of the second master, and is [-] this year.The two ranked fifth and sixth respectively.

Sanfang has no daughter.

That being the case, why is Su Xi ranked ninth?

This will start from the past.In the early years, the Su Mansion had only one family. The old man Su Qingbo had a younger brother named Su Qinghe. After Su Qinghe was promoted from first-rank governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he separated from Su Qingbo and built another mansion in Yangliu Hutong opposite the General's Mansion.Although the two brothers separated, their relationship is still very good, and the two families have close contacts.The general's mansion and the governor's mansion have a large number of grandchildren, so they are sorted according to their own, and the granddaughters are sorted together by the girls of the two families.There are only three girls in the General's Mansion, and the reason why Su Xi is ranked ninth is because there are six more girls in the Governor's Mansion!

The girls of the Su family were all named after Ling Congcao, but Su Xi was special, who was named after the male generation of the Su family.

In the year when Gai Yin was pregnant, the old man led the army to go out to fight. He escaped from death and finally returned victorious.As soon as she got home, Su Xi couldn't wait to get out of Yin's stomach.The old man said that Su Xi was his little lucky star, and because Su Xi was the youngest, it was inevitable that he would love him more, so when he named him, he followed his elder brothers in using the word "Xi".

Su Xi walked up to the old lady, and called out crisply and sweetly, "Grandmother."

The old lady pulled her to sit on the soft cushion, looked at her, and said distressedly: "Why do you seem to have lost a lot of weight after not seeing her for a few days? But the servants are not serving you wholeheartedly, so they treat you slowly?"

It's not as exaggerated as the old lady said, but how can you lose weight so quickly in just a few days?But now Su Xi loves to hear such words the most. She held her face, her eyes sparkling, and she looked at the old lady in surprise and joy, "Have you really lost weight? Grandma, look again, where is the weight lost?"

The old lady couldn't help laughing because of her appearance, but she still didn't forget to preach: "What's so good about being thin? According to me, it's better to be fat and look better. A little girl is lucky only if she has meat. I see you like this now. That's great."

Su Xi pouted, thinking that it was because you all liked her, so she was good no matter what.In her previous life, she had believed these words, so in the end she indulged herself to become fat to the limit. In this life, she might not be able to believe it anymore.Su Xi took the old lady's arm, and while pretending to be obedient, she listened to the old lady's words with her left ear and out her right ear.

The old lady talked about another thing: "I heard that the Yin family found you a ceremonial mother?"

Su Xi nodded.This matter was first mentioned by Su Xi. If she didn't want to be trampled under by Fu Yi in her life, dieting alone was not enough, and she had to cultivate her demeanor.Su Xi only mentioned it to Yin Shi, and Yin Shi found the old lady Ye in the palace within a few days.This Nanny Ye is not only highly qualified, but also strict.Su Xi's temperament is lazy, and she is just right for such a person, and she doesn't even have a chance to be lazy.

"Mother Ye trained me for half an hour every morning and evening, and taught me many ways to shape my body." Su Xi said.

The old lady let out an "oh" and said in confusion, "Sooner or later, half an hour? I remember you are the laziest girl, can you do it?"

"Grandmother." Su Xi interrupted the old lady, slipped into the old lady's arms, and said, "I'm not lazy."

When Su Xi was three years old, she went back to her hometown in Jiangnan with Master Su and stayed in Jiangnan for a whole year.After returning to Beijing, I learned to speak the people from Jiangnan, Wu Nong's soft language, soft and pleasant to hear.Especially when Su Xi wanted to act like a spoiled child, she dragged her soft and glutinous tone, that voice seemed to be soaked in honey, which made the old lady's heart soften.Even Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun, who are both women, have to admit at this time that the voice is really nice.

Su Lingrong looked at Su Xi coldly, and saw that she was dressed a little differently from usual today.The pink phoenix wears a peony jacket and a moon-white moon skirt. When Su Xi came in, the skirt swayed, and the skirt swayed slightly, like the flowing moonlight. Such a pure color, matched with the peach-red jacket, One is gorgeous and one is su, but it is surprisingly good-looking.

Su Lingrong naturally recognized that it was Xiu Chunju's skirt.Xiuchunju only makes one style of clothes, there are no duplicates, even if you want to buy them outside, you can't buy them.

Su Lingrong's father, Su Yang, was a concubine. After Aunt He passed away, the old lady brought him up.Although Su Yang was raised under the old lady's knees since he was a child, but after all, there is a layer of separation. If he is not his biological mother and child, he is not as close as the elder and third masters to the old lady.Because of this, the old lady cared more about Su Xi, and sometimes ignored the other two granddaughters.

Su Lingrong couldn't help but feel sore when she thought of her idle, debauched father, and the image of the handsome and handsome grandpa hugging Su Xi and laughing.She looked away and thought to herself, no matter how much she is favored, she is not a fat dumpling.

The old lady took off the turquoise jade bracelet and put it on Su Xi's wrist, "Today is our little boy's birthday, and grandma doesn't have anything good here, so I give you this pair of bracelets." These words are definitely self-effacing, Who doesn't know that the old lady has a lot of treasures here, and the rewards from today alone can fill a whole house.

This pair of bracelets has a lot to offer.It is said that they were left by Taizu when he was in power. There are only two pairs in total, one pair was given to the former Empress Shujing, and the other pair was awarded to Old General Su.

The old lady has been wearing it on her hand all these years, but now it is given to Su Xi, which is somewhat surprising.

The second wife, Mrs. Guo, said sourly: "Mother treats Sister Xi very well." Even Sister Rong doesn't have such a bracelet.

The old lady looked at the short-sighted second daughter-in-law and said, "I will also prepare for the birthdays of Sister Rong and Sister Yun."

The third lady is a flexible person. Seeing the old lady's face change, she changed the topic and said: "This pair of bracelets is so beautiful. It is said that jade nourishes people, but in fact, people can also raise jade. Look, this pair of jade bracelets has been raised by the mother. , how beautiful. Youyou, why don't you thank your ancestors."

Su Xi said: "Thank you, old ancestor."

Then the second and third wives also gave Su Xi things, one was a golden longevity lock with a lion rolling hydrangea, and the other was a gold earring inlaid with white jade.After Su Xi thanked the two, the group got up and went to the front hall.The family banquet was held lively, except for the old man and the second master Su Zhi, the whole family was present, Su Xi's eldest brother Su Li and several cousins ​​were also there.

Su Li is now the young minister of Honglu Temple, just reached the weak crown, four years ago he married Luo Shi, the daughter of the Minister of Rites.It's a pity that Luo Shi's life was unlucky, and he suffered heavy bleeding during childbirth. Before the doctor came, he couldn't hold on. He only left Su Li with a son, Su Baiyu, who just turned three years old this year.

At this time Su Baiyu was sitting beside Su Li, a small person, neatly dressed, eating silently with his head bowed.

Next to Su Baiyu is his sixth cousin Su Zuo, no matter how Su Zuo teases him, he never utters a word.

This child has always been withdrawn and weird, others have long been used to it, and they don't take it to heart when they see it.

Su Xi seemed to think of something, paused slightly, and looked towards Su Baiyu slowly.

In her previous life, Su Xi didn't pay much attention to this little nephew, because the two of them were quite different in age and seniority, and Su Baiyu was a taciturn person, so they couldn't get along with each other.But if Su Xi remembered correctly, it was at the beginning of this year that this little guy went there before the Lantern Festival.

(End of this chapter)