Red makeup against the world

Chapter 2
Fortunately, the memory of the original owner is still there, so she won't be at a loss for the current situation.The mood of depression and grief after waking up, and the uncontrollable tears should all belong to the former Xu Wanzhen.Presumably, although her life is gone, she still has emotions that are hard to let go.

Xu Wanzhen walked to the bronze mirror, and the girl in the mirror was unfamiliar yet familiar.A beautiful oval face, fair and delicate complexion, even a haggard face can't hide her beauty.

She grew up held in the palm of her hand, her body is well developed, and she has a beautiful curve on her chest at the age of 13.Inheriting the northern blood of her grandmother, she is tall and tall, close to 1.6 meters by visual inspection, which is definitely an outlier among Jiangnan women.

Xu Wanzhen looked at her eyes in the bronze mirror, put her hand on her heart, and said to herself: "Is it because you are worried that I came here? I promise you, take good care of your younger brother, let Auntie go to the ground and save Auntie." Dad and brother.

As she spoke, she paused, and said, "Then are you also playing my role in that life? If so, please take good care of my younger brother." Knowing that the chances are very small, she still couldn't help but add.After speaking, I felt the depression in my chest dissipated a lot.

The light rain gradually subsided, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and the autumn sunlight projected on Xu Wanzhen through the window, covering her in golden brilliance, and her eyes had become firm and clear.

There was something shining in the bronze mirror, Xu Wanzhen looked over, and it turned out that she was wearing the jade bracelet that made her travel through on her left hand!
After being shocked, I carefully looked at this extremely special jade bracelet. The head of the water is excellent, the ice seeds are delicate and transparent, and what's more special is that there are occasional traces of light shining in the jade.

Xu Wanzhen has seen a lot of good jade in modern times, but she can be sure that she has never seen such a unique variety.Looking through the memory, everything in this body from the time it can be remembered is vivid, but there is no memory of the jade bracelet.

Everything is arranged for her in modern times, she only needs to obey her parents' orders.But now, one after another, she, as the eldest daughter of Xu's family, needs her to face and even solve under this situation.For Xu Wanzhen, this is really a novel experience.

But for a Gaomang dynasty that has no records in history, it has lost the advantage of predicting history, and learning music for more than 20 years does not seem to be of any help to the current predicament. Xu Wanzhen is also very confused about how to deal with it.

Xu Wenyu's unconscious murmur came from the bed, vaguely calling for sister.Seeing the little boy sleeping with tears on his face, Xu Wanzhen secretly made up her mind that she couldn't take care of her younger brother in modern times, at least protect Xu Wenyu and his family for the original owner.

In any case, I have thousands of years more insight than the ancients. I have lived in a complex political environment since I was a child, and I have political acumen beyond ordinary people. I still have a 25-year-old soul, not really only 13 years old.

Xu Wan was really thinking about it, when there was a commotion outside the door, Sangzi said in a low voice: "Miss just took a rest, if you have anything to do, please come back tomorrow."

"Hey... As the third aunt to care about my niece, I have to pick a time to come? My niece is too weak, so she's awake now? I just came to see." The voice sounded full of enthusiasm at first glance. In addition to the enthusiastic care, after careful identification, there is a taste of gloating and watching a good show.

Xu Wanzhen turned her head slightly, and it turned out that Niu Shi, the wife of her father and concubine's brother, had arrived.

The Xu family is a well-known leading silk merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. Mrs. Xu passed away early, leaving Mrs. Xu with her two sons to support a huge family business.Xu Changzong, the eldest roommate, is Xu Wanzhen's father, and Xu Changrong, the second roommate, has achieved fame and took his wife to take office.These three households belonged to concubines, Xu Changji was the third, Mrs. Xu did not treat him badly, she divided the embroidery workshop for him to manage, and married the Niu family.

Niu Shi is a pungent daughter-in-law, who pinches the cowardly Xu Changji to death, but I don't know, what is she doing here at this time?There must be nothing good!
Before Xu Wan really thought it through, the curtain of the door was lifted, and Niu's face appeared in front of her eyes, behind her was Sang Zi who couldn't stop her.Although there is a difference between the concubine and the concubine, Niu has the status of the elder after all. Even though she is a mere maid in her hometown, even if she doesn't want her to come in and disturb her young lady, she has no choice but to do so.

Xu Wanzhen was sitting at the table right now, facing the door. As soon as Niu came in, she looked straight at her.

Concentrating on her thoughts, Xu Wanzhen looked at Niu, and saw that she was wearing a gold-plated Ruyi head hairpin, and she was wearing a silver-red embroidered begonia horse-face skirt, and a pair of green satin embroidered shoes were exposed at the bottom of the skirt.She was really dressed in red and green, scorching and dazzling, and she did not shy away from the fact that Mrs. Xu had just passed away from illness.

Xu Wanzhen's eyes turned cold little by little. Even in modern times, when visiting a newly mourned family as a guest, one would avoid a thing or two in terms of clothing.What's more, this is the Gaomang Dynasty who advocates etiquette and rules?As a close relative, Niu's dress like this is really hateful!
When Niu entered the door, he thought that the dainty young lady in the big room was lying on the bed resting, her eyes were rolling around, looking at the valuable furnishings in the room, but she didn't see Xu Wanzhen sitting opposite her and looked at her.

When she reluctantly looked away from the glass vase with blue and white bottom placed under the window, she saw Xu Wanzhen sitting behind the table, looking at her coldly.

Niu was startled, patted his chest guiltily, and said with a smile, "Yo... Why didn't my eldest niece say a word? I made your third aunt jump."

Xu Wanzhen didn't talk to her, but just looked away from her embroidered shoes.

In modern times, people who deal with Xu Wanzhen are all rich or noble people, and everyone has an extraordinary aura.Born in such a top Vanity Fair, Xu Wanzhen has an inimitable noble temperament.In her opinion, Niu Shi is as vulgar as an ignorant village woman.

Seeing her, Niu's heart skipped a beat for no reason.My eldest niece still looks fragile, and her face is paler and more haggard than before, but the innocent expression of the past is gone, but this look... She felt a little trembling when she saw it, so she changed it. Like a person.

In the face of adversity, it will naturally look different.Niu comforted himself like this, took a breath, stepped forward and said according to the original plan: "The eldest niece is awake, and your third uncle is so worried that he can't eat, so let me take a look. Since he is awake Now, we are relieved."

"The third aunt is here, why?" Xu Wenyu was still asleep, and Xu Wan, who had just figured out the cause and effect, really didn't want to get entangled with her, so she asked clearly with a detached attitude.

Hearing this, Niu's expression was a little embarrassing, but after a short breath, he still said cheekily: "My niece, this matter is not easy for anyone, so don't be too sad. Third aunt thinks that you are too busy here." , why don't you give me the key pair in your mother's hand, and I will watch for you for a while, so you can concentrate on mourning."

Although the words were clever, the intention was naked. It was to deceive Xu Wanzhen's siblings who were young and ignorant, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to become the master of Xu's parents' house.It was easy to hand over the keys and cards, but it might be difficult to get them back from her hands.

Xu Wanzhen, who has just crossed over for half a day, is facing such malice, can she figure out the key to it?How should we deal with it?

The concubine's third wife wants to be the master of the eldest son's house?This sounds absurd, but Niu's coming here is not unsure.After all, at this time, both Xu Changzong and his eldest son Xu Wenmin, who were in charge of the long house, were imprisoned in Beijing, and his wife died of a sudden illness, leaving only the young siblings.

What do they know?Thinking of the extremely rich long house, Niu seemed to see the white silver beckoning to her, and his eyes were full of greedy light.

But Xu Wanzhen smiled coldly, stood up, and approached her step by step, exuding an irresistible aura all over her body.Niu was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but backed away.

"I call you the third aunt just because you are an elder. Want to deceive my siblings who are young and ignorant? Third aunt, you are so beautiful."

She questioned first, then changed the subject and praised Niu.As a woman's instinct, she couldn't help asking: "Where am I beautiful?"

Xu Wanzhen approached step by step, her face was frosty, and she said lightly: "You want to be beautiful."

Niu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had been humiliated, his face flushed red, and he said angrily, "You! I'm in vain for my good intentions, I'll give you the liver and lungs of a donkey!"

She was so angry that she reached out and was about to poke at Xu Wanzhen.At this time, she just wanted to vent her anger to get back her position, and she couldn't care less about Xu Wanzheng's daughter-in-law who was more noble than her.

Niu Shi is a married woman, with big arms and round waist, and quite a lot of strength.If you really want to do it, Xu Wanzhen, who is only 13 years old and has a hometown, is not her opponent.

It's just that she forgot that under Xu Wanzhen's pressing step by step, she had already retreated to the door, and the threshold about one foot high was just behind her feet.

Turning sideways to avoid Niu's menacing finger, Xu Wanzhen stretched out her hand and gently pushed her.The majestic young miss, actually did it herself like a servant?Niu was stunned for a while, and when she realized it, she had already stumbled over the threshold, lost her balance and fell backwards.She waved her hands in the air and tried to grab the door frame to maintain her balance, but Sang Zi stepped forward and blocked in front of the door frame.

Niu caught an empty shot, danced and fell backwards, and fell backwards in embarrassment.There was only a "bang", and Niu hit the back of his head on the ground, and then he began to cry out in pain.

Sangzi took a step back and supported Xu Wanzhen.Seeing Niu's fall, his bun loosened, his skirt wrinkled, and his distressed appearance while holding on to his waist, he felt a burst of pleasure.If you want to bully my lady, you deserve it!Sangzi cursed in her heart.

Niu yelled for a while, but seeing that neither master nor servant wanted to help her, she got up from the ground resentfully.

"Xu Wanzhen! Who are you relying on to dare to hit me? I'm your third aunt, an elder! I don't think you can afford the reputation of disrespecting elders!" Since you can't find the money for the elder , and had already torn his face, Niu didn't care about it.

At this time, Niu's face was embarrassing and grim, and she was a different person from the big niece who had just entered the room and called her affectionately.

Xu Wanzhen ignored her, and asked Sangzi puzzled, "Did I beat my third aunt?"

Sangzi suppressed a smile, and shook her head cooperatively: "As for Miss Hui, the maid saw the third lady tripping over the threshold."

Xu Wanzhen said coldly: "Third Aunt, you should go back. After changing your clothes and taking the medicine, it won't be too late to talk to your niece."

Hearing her mentioning her clothes, Niu's arrogance shrank.She naturally knew that it was extremely inappropriate for her to dress like this, but she had just heard the news of Mrs. Xu's death, and she was anxious to seize the property of the big house, so she couldn't care less about changing clothes.

I thought Xu Wan would not notice these things based on Xu Wan's innocent and innocent temperament, but I didn't expect her to be so troublesome.She must have seen it a long time ago, and waited until she suffered such a big loss before bringing it up. She is amazing!
With such a big handle in her hand, although Niu hated it, he dared not make any more moves.Want to retreat, but feel unwilling.For a while, she couldn't get up and back.

At this moment, a sound of light footsteps came from the stairs.

When she went upstairs, Yulu saw the situation, but she didn't ask any more questions, she just bowed dignifiedly and saluted, as expected of the personal maid trained by Mrs. Xu. "I have met the eldest lady and the third lady."

When Yulu came, Niu knew that there was no chance, so he retreated angrily.

"The old lady sent her slaves to see if the eldest lady is awake? Someone from the Sun family is here, and the old lady said, if you are energetic, please go and have a look." Yulu reported softly.

Xu Wanzhen nodded, seeing a malicious Niu Shi, she wanted to see this gentle and kind grandmother in her memory even more.

Changing into mourning clothes under the service of Sangzi, Xu Wanzhen removed all the hairpins and accessories, and carefully locked the jade bracelet in the dressing box.There is only a white flower in her hair, and she is thinner and more elegant in a white dress, which is regrettable.

Instructing Sangzi to replace the bright decorations in the room, she followed Yulu to the flower hall where the old lady received guests.This is the first time she has stepped out of the room since she traveled through time.In the memory of the original owner, this is the house where he lived for [-] or [-] years, but after walking around in person, the feeling becomes clearer and more vivid.

A group of people walked out of "Yingyun Pavilion" and turned onto a cobbled path. The emerald green banana leaves beside the road set off all kinds of flowers and flowers.

Going forward, you can hear the sound of gurgling water, and a single-hole stone arch bridge made of Taihu stone appears in front of you, with exquisite and vivid patterns carved on the inside of the bridge railing.Looking around from the bridge, the entire house is laid out by streams, connected by various small bridges, and the cornices of the octagonal pavilion are loomingly exposed from the bamboo dock in the distance.

The stream is rippling, and occasionally lively goldfish swim mischievously among the algae. A strange stone in the shape of wishful thinking lies beside the water, and it is a scene of every step.

It's a pity that due to recent accidents, the mistress is newly deceased.The servants hung white lanterns everywhere in the courtyard, and they hurried to and fro with sad faces, not interested in enjoying the scenery.If the main family declines, their future will be even more bleak.

Xu Wanzhen thought as she walked, this Sun family was the marriage she made when she was 12 years old last year, and the two families have already started preparations for the marriage this year.

The two parties have exchanged the geng stickers, Na Cai has passed, they are asking their names, preparing for the wedding ceremony, and they have started to embroider the dowry by themselves.The wedding ceremony of the Gaomang Dynasty was extremely complicated and time-consuming.Pay attention to the three books and six rituals, and the six rituals of "Na Cai, Asking Names, Naji, Na Zheng, Asking for a Date, and Greeting in Person" The richer and richer the family, the more particular they are, and it often takes two or three years. The ceremony is more solemn.

Unlike Xu's family who run a fabric embroidery shop, Splendid Embroidery is spread all over the south of the Yangtze River to the capital city, and it is known as the home of the rich and powerful in Suzhou City.The family of the Sun family cultivated and studied, and their ancestors had a third-rank official, and they belonged to a famous family of scholars.

Married to the Xu family is the second young master of the third room of the Sun family.Master Sun of the third room was a top-ranked Jinshi in the second year of Yonglong's reign.

Since it is the future in-laws, Mrs. Xu's family is newly mourned, so someone should be sent to greet her.But Xu Wan really felt keenly that things might not be that simple.

When she came to the flower hall, Yulu opened the curtain, bent her knees and said, "Madam, the eldest lady is here."

Xu Wanzhen looked up, Mrs. Xu had a kind face, although there was a look of exhaustion between her brows, there was determination in her expression.Wearing an opal to wipe his forehead, and wearing a golden dress embroidered with pine and crane patterns, he sat upright on the main seat with a carefree expression.

Mrs. Xu is from the capital, and she is addressed according to the northern habit at home.When it comes to grandchildren, they are called according to the custom of Suzhou.Therefore, Xu Wanzhen called Mrs. Xu Grandmother and Mrs. Xu A Niang.The eldest maid, Biluo, stood behind her, and when she saw Xu Wanzhen looking over, she gave her a wink.

Following Biluo's gaze, a dignified woman sat next to her.Her skirt was not messed up at all, her makeup was light and elegant, but at the moment her eye circles were reddish, and she looked a little ashamed, she was the third wife of the Sun family.

(End of this chapter)