Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 55

The old lady of Duke Qing's mansion and old lady Su are cousin sisters, so it's not uncommon for them to visit the General's mansion.

Su Xi didn't take it seriously, and after washing up, she went to the Jiusi Bookstore in the Governor's Mansion for class.It was probably because she caught the cold yesterday, and she woke up early this morning with a dizzy head, and she didn't listen to what Mr. Chu said. She rested her cheeks, thinking about Wei Yan asking her to embroider a purse for him.Fortunately, she had already learned the "Chu Ci·Nine Thoughts" taught by her husband in her previous life, and she had memorized it backwards, so she didn't delay the course.

Su Xi thought, what did Wei Yan ask her to embroider a purse for no reason?How did he know that she would definitely agree?

As the heir son of King Jin, Wei Wei has many people around him who can embroider purses for him, even if he doesn't have himself, he won't be short of this thing.

Besides, she didn't know what style he liked.

She doesn't embroider.

This compartment is the upper room of the General's Mansion.

Mrs. Su personally entertained Mrs. Qing Guogong and Mrs. Qing, and let the maidservants wear this spring's Emei Xueya, and sat in the Taishi chair. Because they are cousins, they speak more casually than ordinary people, "What wind brought you here today?" Is it? You are getting old, so you will be overwhelmed if you come here like this. Is there anything that cannot be passed on to the children, and you have to come here in person?"

Mrs. Qing Guogong's old lady smiled, she resembled Mrs. Su four to five minutes in birth, and even more alike when she smiled, and said slowly: "It is precisely because this matter is so important that the children below cannot pass it on. I have to come here myself to rest assured."

After saying this, Mrs. Su became curious, "Oh, what is so important?"

However, Mrs. Qing Guogong and Mrs. Madam kept it a secret, saying that she would not speak until Mrs. Yin's came over.

As soon as she heard that Mrs. Yin was going to be invited, Mrs. Su paused for a drink of tea, and she vaguely guessed seven or eight points in her heart.The three generations of Duke Qing's mansion were single-handed, and in Fu Shaoyun's generation, he was the only eldest son. Now that Fu Shaoyun is eighteen, the marriage should be finalized in the past two years or so.Mrs. Qing Guogong and his wife had already stated that they were attracted to Su Xi, and now they wanted to invite the Yin family again, so the intention was very clear.

If she really wanted to be engaged to Duke Qing's mansion, Mrs. Su would have no objection to this marriage.

Su Xi and Fu Shaoyun grew up together, not to mention childhood sweethearts, and the two families have a close relationship, even if Su Xi married, she would not suffer any grievances.It's just that this is Mrs. Su's idea, and it depends on Yin's opinion.

Not long after, Yin Shi came, wearing a honey-colored passionflower-pattern slanted-breasted gown, with a ponytail on his arm, and a simple gold emerald grass insect hairpin on his head, plump cheeks, good complexion, clearly a A woman who is nearly forty, she still looks like she is in her early thirties.

After Mrs. Yin entered the room, she first bowed to Mrs. Su, and seeing Mrs. Qing Guogong was there, she smiled submissively and said: "Look at this posture, what do mother and Mrs. Fu have to say to my daughter-in-law?"

Old lady Su said: "Sit down first."

Yin Shi sat in the rose chair under the old lady's hands.

Mrs. Qing Guogong and his wife had a smile on her face, and said straight to the point: "Is Sister Xi at the residence today?"

Yin's smile faltered, but she didn't lose her composure, and quickly returned to normal, "Youyou went to the ethnology school to study early in the morning."

Mrs. Qing Guogong said: "Miss Xi is thirteen this year. Why do you still want to study in ethnology? I have seen girls from other families learn to embroider when they are 13 years old. There is no time for this ethnology. went."

"The old lady doesn't know, you are not yet thirteen." Yin picked up the teacup on the table of the Eight Immortals and put it down again, her smile did not change, but her mind was like a mirror, and said: "Besides, you want to study, so I don't The reason to stop it. It’s good for the girl’s family to read more books. Only with poetry and books in her belly can she be self-satisfied, and she won’t be looked down upon by her husband’s family in the future.”

Mrs. Qing nodded in agreement and said, "That's right. I've seen that Sister Xi has changed a lot in the past two years. I think it's because she has read too many books."

Yin squeezed the cup, but did not answer this sentence.

Seeing that the groundwork was almost done, Mrs. Qing Guogong opened the skylight and said: "Brother Yun came to me the day before yesterday and told me some heartfelt words. To be honest, I have been looking at him and sister Xi all these years. They grew up together, these two are childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, if they can become a couple in the future, it will definitely be a good marriage praised by everyone. In addition, brother Yun is devoted to sister Xi, so he made friends with me that day Di'er, after getting married, she will definitely not let Sister Xi suffer any grievances, let alone take concubines... This is the first time I've seen him care so much about a girl..."

Mrs. Yin was silent for a while after listening to Mrs. Qing's rambling words, and then said: "Madam, to tell you the truth, she is still young, and the master and I only have a daughter like her. Keep her for another two years, and I don't plan to talk to her about marriage so early."

This is a polite refusal.But Duke Qing's old lady is not so easy to dismiss, "I can understand what you said, it's not that you have to be in a hurry, even if you wait two or three years longer, our brother Yun can also wait."

After all, they are old lady Su's cousins, so it's hard to say too much, and it will hurt the harmony of the two families.Yin smiled and said: "The old lady doesn't understand Youyou. This child looks cute and cute, but she is actually a little girl who hasn't grown up. She is coquettish and self-willed. I'm afraid she is not as good as you think."

Mrs. Qing Guogong heard this, but she didn't care at all, "It's better to be delicate, a girl, only delicateness can be loved."

Yin's smile became a little stiff, she didn't expect this old lady to be difficult to deal with.It's not that Fu Shaoyun is bad, it's just that there is a mother-in-law like Mei's on top, so it's definitely not easy to serve. Yin doesn't want Su Xi to be oppressed by Mei after she gets married. Living like that will be too tiring.

The Yin family said: "The six girls in the house haven't talked about marriage yet. It's not easy for Sister Xi to get married before her elder sister. I'm afraid it will be two or three years later when Sister Xi gets engaged. It's not good to call Shaoyun that The child has waited for so long, and he has been delayed for no reason. In my opinion, the old lady should consider this matter carefully..."

Speaking of this matter, even if Mrs. Qing Guogong insisted on it, she couldn't say anything.

The old lady thought that this marriage could be settled easily. After all, the two families are well matched, and they are cousins. The two children stand together and look like a pair of golden boys and girls. What could be more suitable than this?

Unexpectedly, Yin Shi would not let go, which made her feel quite sorry.

Su Xi didn't know what happened at home, let alone the purpose of Mrs. Qing's visit. As soon as she got back to the mansion, she was called to the Qiutang residence by the Yin family.

Su Xi said: "Mother, why are you calling me in such a hurry?"

Sitting on the rattan-faced Luohan bed, Mrs. Yin sent all the maids out of the room after seeing Su Xi coming, even the two big maids Danlu and Danwu were no exception.

When Su Xi saw this, she knew that Yin Shi was going to say something important to her, so she couldn't help but become serious, put away her smile, and sat upright opposite Yin Shi, staring at her with big black eyes, "Mother, what is the matter?"

Yin thought about it all afternoon, worried about scaring her daughter, and said carefully: "Youyou, what do you think of your cousin Shaoyun?"

Su Xi was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood what was going on, blushing and said, "Mother, why did you tell me these things?"

Yin tactfully said: "Today, Mrs. Qing Guogong and his wife are here, and when they talked about you and Shaoyun when they were young, I want to know what you think..."

The Su family had few daughters, and all of them were very precious, especially Su Xi who was raised in the palm of his hand. Marriage was not as conservative as other families, and the girls would be consulted for their opinions in private.

Su Xi was sloppy: "Cousin Shaoyun is kind and considerate, even compared to the second brother, he is not much less."

Yin can still not know her. Since she said so, she has no affection for Fu Shaoyun, but she is still a little worried: "Youyou, you really have no love for him..."

Su Xi shook her head like a rattle, and said coquettishly: "Mother, how old is my daughter, you want to marry me off?"

Yin shi breathed a sigh of relief, since her daughter is not in love with Fu Shaoyun, it's fine, but if she does, she doesn't know what to do.

Yin nodded her nose and said, "Do you think you're still young? In two or three years, I won't be able to stay."

Su Xi wanted to refute at first, but for some reason, she suddenly remembered the matter of Wei Wei saying that she was going to marry her in the back of the other courtyard that day, and suddenly felt guilty.

After returning to Hualu Tianxiang, Su Xi saw Tingli was sitting at the door embroidering, and when she saw her, she hurriedly stood up and said, "Girl."

Ting Li has rested for two months since she broke her leg, and she is almost better now, so she insists on returning to Su Xi to serve her.

Seeing that she was holding an embroidery shed in her hand, Su Xi asked curiously, "What are you embroidering?"

Ting Li said: "Miss Hui, I saw that your purse was old last time, so I wanted to embroider a few purses for you."

Su Xi was silent.

Ting Li raised her head and saw that she had a strange expression on her face, as if she had lost her mind, so she couldn't help calling out: "Girl?"

Su Xi hurriedly said: "It's nothing, you can continue to embroider." Then she entered the room.

Su Xi had originally made up her mind not to embroider a purse for Wei Feng, but for some reason, once she thought about it, she would think of the scene of him standing in the rain.Who knew that he was so stupid, standing in the rain and waiting for her for four hours... By the time she came back to her senses, she was already sitting behind the desk with a pen in her hand and started drawing flowers.

Su Xi glanced at the pattern of plum blossom, bee and butterfly that she drew, and felt that there was nothing new, so she shook her head and put down her pen.

After a while, she picked it up again and drew a picture of a moon rabbit holding a branch.

The moon rabbit is round and round, holding a branch and leaf with its two front paws. It looks delicate, smart and cute.Su Xi looked at it, then nodded in satisfaction.

Su Xi told herself that she just drew a random picture to practice her hand, and she didn't necessarily have to embroider a purse for Wei Feng.She pressed the painting on the table with a paperweight, and filled in the color after taking a bath. She felt that the image of the rabbit was much more vivid.

Su Xi's female celebrity is not very good. Although it is not difficult to embroider purses, it is also difficult for her.

In the past few days, she often asks Tingli about embroidery work, and Tingli asks curiously: "Doesn't the girl dislike being a female celebrity?"

Su Xi faltered: "Mr. Yao assigned a class, let us come back and embroider purses."

Mr. Yao is a female master who teaches embroidery in the ethnology.

After Ting Li heard this, not only did she not have any doubts, she also began to explain to Su Xi how to embroider a purse very enthusiastically and carefully.Ting Li is the best embroiderer among the four maids. Her hometown is from Wu County, Suzhou, and the people there are all good embroiderers.

Su Xi humbly followed Tingli to learn, and after three to five days, the picture of the moon rabbit holding a branch on the purse was more than half embroidered.

Su Xi looked at it carefully, and it looked quite decent.

A few days later, the General's Mansion received an invitation card.

This invitation is not from anyone else, but from the palace.

Empress Liu held a lotus banquet and invited the female family members of the General's Mansion to enter the palace to enjoy the lotus at the beginning of next month. The Yin family, Guo family and Yu family were all invited.

The Yin family didn't plan to take Su Xi with her at first, after all, that girl's face was too ostentatious, and it might not be a good thing to be spotted by the people in the palace.It's just that I didn't expect that Su Xi's name was written on the invitation.

(End of this chapter)