royal girl

Chapter 142

Huiyu hurriedly welcomed Second Madam Dong in and sat down. Before she could ask any more questions, she heard Second Madam Dong ask, "The bitch came to look for you?"

Huiyu's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately said, "I haven't seen her, and she only gave me things a few times, and I didn't accept them later." Expressing your position is the key. See, the second lady is so angry, see. Coming here, Liangzi doesn't seem like the eldest lady and Aunt Liang can have room for relaxation.

"Throw out all the things she sent, and you are not allowed to have any contact with her in the future."

"Yes, yes, I'll throw it away later. Don't be angry. Why are you so angry over such a trivial matter?" Hui Yu patted Mrs. Dong's back and comforted her in a nice voice, but she was so angry in her heart. Knowing that this matter will not be so easy, it will be resolved.

Mrs. Dong's face was full of anger. When she heard Huiyu's words, she sneered twice before saying, "As for."

Huiyu didn't know what to say, took the tea brought by the maids and put it in front of Mrs. Dong Er, and then said: "It's just a concubine's room, you will suffer if you get angry with her, why bother."

Mrs. Dong's pair of extremely energetic eyes looked at the tea leaves in the blue and white porcelain teacup on the table and was slightly fascinated, but she could still see that the air pressure was suffocating in her heart.Looking at the second wife Dong Huiyu sighed in her heart, she couldn't think about many things and went to a dead end. Seeing the second wife Dong is free and easy, in fact, the more stubborn she is, the more terrifying she is.

"I'm not angry with her, you don't understand." Mrs. Dong suddenly began to dislike her daughter for not understanding her heart, and said after a moment of melancholy: "You will not know until you grow up. Others think you should value her." What you like is not necessarily what you like to value. What others think is insignificant is actually what you can't throw away. Between the trade-offs, everyone has their own weight. Forget it, tell you what to do, anyway, you can don't know."

Huiyu: ...

Huiyu doesn't quite understand, but she also understands a little bit, somewhere between understanding and not understanding, maybe Mrs. Dong Er doesn't care whether Master Dong Er has a concubine at all, what she cares about is Master Dong Er's heart, right? .Over the past few years, Huiyu watched the parents coldly, and actually summed up some experience. Mrs. Dong Er's heart is far less tough than her appearance, and Master Dong Er's appearance is far less flexible than her heart.Speaking of which, this couple is actually a perfect match.The soft meets the hard, and they have been rubbing together for a lifetime, and they are unwilling to give in to each other. Now that the concubine is getting bigger and bigger every day, it is impossible to ignore Master Dong, who is a father, but how can he not touch Dong Er? Madame's minefield, this is also a big problem, hey!
In fact, Huiyu doesn't know much about Mrs. Dong's minefields, and always feels that Mrs. Dong's thinking is different from ordinary people like them.

Mrs. Dong's second wife rushed to kill her, just to warn Huiyu not to have any contact with Aunt Qing. After her daughter agreed, she left in a hurry, leaving Huiyu speechless for a while holding the still warm teacup.

In fact, Aunt Qing's affairs can't be turned into a big wave, she is just a disgusting person, Mrs. Dong Er is tough, and now Master Dong Er will not do things like before and rush forward with enthusiasm, but Huiyu is very concerned about this concubine It's really not familiar with it.The matter of Aunt Qing did not attract much attention. After all, she was a concubine, and she was also a concubine of the second room. She was inadvertently outstanding in her studies. In addition, Mrs. Dong was not the one who would play tricks on the concubine's concubine, so the little excitement in the second room Basically not attracting attention.

In March, when spring is warm and flowers are blooming, the eldest brother of the Dong family is about to get married, and Dong Yunji also rushed back from the border on purpose. The house became lively for a while, with lights and festoons, and the bright red wedding silks are so bright that people feel very happy just looking at them beautiful.

Because of studying, Dong Yuncheng got married relatively late, but Dong Wan and Xue Runiang got married first. Now that the elder brother is getting married, Dong Wan and Xue Runiang will naturally bring their husband and son-in-law back to congratulate.All the procedures of the three matchmakers and the six engagements went down. When the bride came in and got married, dozens of tables were opened by the people who came to Dingguo's mansion for the wedding. Huiyu followed Mrs. Dong in the backyard and recruited for Mrs. Dong. Visitors are so busy that their feet don't touch the ground, and their tongues are smoking.When all the brides were sent to the bridal chamber, Huiyu didn't even get a chance to go to the bridal chamber. Surrounded by a long line of wives, Huiyu couldn't help but burst into tears.

Dong Wan didn't bring the child with her. Seeing Huiyu being so busy, she quietly followed her in when she sneaked into the wing room to drink water to moisten her throat, and said with a smile, "How do you feel?"

Huiyu sighed for a long time, "I'm exhausted. I didn't expect so many people to come. I heard that there are dozens of tables for the banquet in the front yard. Big brother is going to be in trouble today." , this table is probably going to be drunk." Huiyu smiled wickedly.

"No, why do you bring so many colleagues, the same year, and classmate friends here as the eldest brother?" Dong Wan rolled her eyes at Huiyu, "Of course it's against drinking."

Huiyu really didn't have time to pay attention to this. Dong Yuncheng was so cunning that he actually pulled a team to block the drinks.

Seeing Huiyu's stupid look, Dong Wan smiled softly, "Have you seen sister-in-law?"

Huiyu shook her head, "No, because I only came to Beijing from Peng County after the next year, and girls from scholars have many rules. I went to take a look, and it was very rich."

Dong Wan laughed softly, "Yan Daru has been the dean of the academy for so many years, and the Yan family is also a scholarly family from generation to generation, so the family must have some wealth. Now that the sister-in-law is married into a noble family, even if It is to raise the value of the girl, and this dowry will definitely not be thin."

"You know it very well. It can be seen that it is different after being married." Huiyu smiled teasingly, picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea, this time feeling very dry mouth.

"After you get married, you will know that the dowry is really important to your daughter's family." Dong Wan lowered her head and smiled, "It is something that will settle down for a lifetime."

Huiyu was silent, she naturally knew the importance of the dowry, otherwise she wouldn't have thought of ways to earn money like this.When a daughter gets married, her natal family has given her a dowry, and she will definitely not make up for it in the future. The married daughter will rely on the dowry to live on in her husband's house.In the life of the husband's family, the big family pays attention to the rules. The monthly allowance is the living expenses given by the husband's family. If it is enough, it will be so much.Human relations, rewards to servants, want to wear beautiful and special clothes, want to make fresh and unique jewelry, all these expenses must be paid by oneself.A person with a rich dowry is naturally rich in money.But if the dowry is not generous, you don’t need to think about what you will look like between your sisters-in-law, relatives and friends, and people who come and go. In this time and space when you are fighting for your father, mother, husband, and appearance, dowry is especially important.

The dowry silver is finite, so the most important thing is to turn these dead silver into living, money can make money.There is that powerful dowry of 5000 taels when you get married, and you can save tens of thousands of taels when your children and grandchildren are full, and you can benefit your children and grandchildren if you can't spend it yourself.That's why Huiyu is so keen on opening a shop and making a lot of money.

"Your dowry is also very generous, so don't be envious of others." Huiyu teased Dong Wan, and said in a low voice, "Don't you have two shops? The profit is quite impressive, so there is nothing to worry about."

The dowry prepared by the eldest lady for Dong Wan was prepared according to the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion. To put it bluntly, Dong Wan really has nothing to worry about since even the birthday material for a hundred years in the future has been prepared.

"I'm not worried about this." Dong Wan sighed in a low voice. This married wife has some things that are not easy to say to an unmarried girl. In fact, Dong Wan didn't know that Huiyu was not someone who had never seen the world. In the era of rampant Internet, I haven't seen anything.

Huiyu saw that Dong Wan didn't seem to want to talk about it, and she didn't want to pursue it, so she changed the subject and said, "I see that my cousin looks good, and it seems that life after marriage is going well."

Huiyu changed the topic, and Xue Runiang was also relieved, and echoed, "Although the family background of the Ding family is not obvious, the advantage is that the population is simple and there are few troubles. The cousin is a lucky person. There are some turning points in the few encounters. I have heard that my brother-in-law is very kind to my cousin, and her mother-in-law is also a sensible person, so she is not like me."

"Xia Zhaoyi treats you badly?" Huiyu asked, blinking her eyes. Dong Wan gave birth to King Ning's eldest son and was a side concubine. The Dong family was still standing behind her. here.

"Okay, it's very good. But every time I enter the palace to say hello, seeing that the aunt and nephew are making out with each other, they either ignore you, or just make it clear that they are indifferent to you, trying to scare you off."

What is the most ruthless thing in this world?Everyone knows that I treat you well, I am affectionate and sweet, but when others can't see it, I give you cold violence, and you complain to others without any real evidence, so that you can be depressed to death.The so-called dumb eating coptis refers to such a situation.

Huiyu thought that Xia Zhaoyi must be worried why Xia Bingyu was not pregnant yet, but Dong Wan couldn't treat her too much after giving birth to her eldest son, so she was embarrassed like this.This kind of grievance Dong Wan can't complain to Ji Fuyan, what should she say?
"Then don't look at their faces. The more depressed you are, the happier others will be, and the more you don't take it seriously, the only ones you should respond to are them." Huiyu sneered, "It's just this trick, what else can I do to you?" The key It was Xia Zhaoyi who supported Xia Bingyu in this matter. It was clear that even if Dong Wan gave birth to a son, she would not be able to surpass Xia Bingyu in front of her.Otherwise, marriage is like firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar tea, the taste of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty can only be experienced by yourself.

"Forget it, let's not talk about them." The more Dong Wan talked, the more depressed she became, so she simply stopped talking.

"Anyway, Xia Bingyu and Concubine Peng are not pregnant yet, even if they are pregnant with you, they can run all over the place, so don't be afraid." When I was older, I couldn't see the difference at one or two years old, but it was especially obvious when I was young.Before your baby is born, people will hold it.When you give birth, they will be able to run away, and when yours can run away, they will be able to read and write in school, one step, one step, unless Dong Wan's IQ is not high, and the later ones will directly kill him Otherwise, for quite a long period of time, Dong Wan, the son of Dong Wan, would be able to dominate the Prince Ning's Mansion.

Dong Wan couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, "You are still the same, and you don't have a straight line in what you say. How can you marry your temper in the future? The nobles in the palace are difficult to deal with one by one, and the inconspicuous words are full of words. It’s full of hooks, you have to hold back your temper.”

"Let's take a step and watch. I don't have a mother-in-law pressing on my head. Except for the empress who can discipline me and punish me seriously, if anyone wants to move me, I have to ask the empress first." Huiyu said indifferently, leaving The root cause of this trouble, he asked again: "Did you ever meet Xia Guiren when you entered the palace?"

Hearing Huiyu mention Xia Yingbai, Dong Wan had a mysterious look on her face.

Huiyu looked a little curious, "You really said it."

"never seen it."

"Not once?"

"No."

"how can that be possible?"

"Why is it impossible? Xia Gui's status is not high, and it is not suitable to appear on some occasions. When we enter the palace to pay her respects, she basically stays in her bedroom and never comes out. If it is a banquet in the inner palace, we as adults Daughter-in-law's can't go in, unless you post a special post to see her. But you know, Xia Guiren and my mother-in-law are mortal enemies."

Huiyu thought about it, it was really the case. When the emperor wanted to have a wife and concubine to have fun with his family, the daughters-in-law would naturally not be able to show up.When the royal family had a serious family banquet, nobleman Xia was not qualified to attend, so it was only natural that Dong Wan and Xia Yingbai would not see each other in the palace.

"Is Mrs. Xia still so favored now?" There has been no gossip about the emperor's backyard for a long time, so Huiyu doesn't know much about Xia Yingbai's recent situation.

Dong Wan frowned slightly, looked at Huiyu and said, "You said that Xia Guiren was almost ignorant when he was in her boudoir. Don't talk about your appearance, even if you are a little inferior compared to me. In terms of talent, but The most indispensable thing in the palace is talented women. In terms of means, their mother and daughter have been bullied by Aunt Gao for so many years. Since Congxia Guiren entered the palace, I don't see how she invites pets and flirts, and I don't see how she is different in front of everyone, but... but I heard that the emperor puts her in his heart. Although the status was not mentioned, there is something good to reward her Time has never left her behind. Everyone is spreading rumors that if Xia Guiren is pregnant, the marriage will be raised soon, and now everyone is watching."

There is such a kind of woman, who is not outstanding in appearance and talent, and can make her husband die without saying a word. This is the real skill.Huiyu thought, Xia Yingbai might be this kind of anomaly, the author of the original text had his golden fingers on her body the most, and she was involved in all the good things.

"No matter what, I always hope she is well."

"That's right, you were friends in your boudoir. When you get married, you might be honored to be invited by Lady Xia to sit in her palace."

Hearing Dong Wan's joke, Huiyu shook her head, "The friendship in the boudoir is just in the past, and now we don't have much contact with each other, who knows in the future." Even Zhang Yuqiong, who had not entered the harem, had very little contact with Chu Ke, Not to mention Xia Yingbai.

"Yeah, it's different when you're married. You can't control many things."

"So it's better not to marry."

"I heard that Prince Jing's mansion is being repaired recently. I'm afraid your wish of not getting married will not come true."

Xiufu?Huiyu was stunned for a moment before she figured it out, "Isn't this palace newly built? What else needs to be repaired?" The new house doesn't need rest.

"Of course it's for getting married." Dong Wan looked at Huiyu and smiled.

Huiyu also blushed rarely, and deliberately said: "It's not just me, there are two side concubines."

"You should be content. My daughter in her [-]th year was dragged into the mansion for three years just because of you. I'm afraid she treats you in her heart...you should pay more attention to yourself in the future." Dong Wan is In all honesty, three years of youth were wasted just for Prince Jing to abide by the rules of Duke Dingguo's mansion. The two side concubines would not dare to resent Ji Qiyu, but they would definitely hate Huiyu very much.

"There is nothing to worry about." Huiyu said indifferently, "I am a wife and they are concubines, unless Prince Jing is trying to make things difficult for them, they will only respect me when they see me. Besides, I will take this picture People have always been lazy, and in the future I don't like to watch the liveliness of the concubine's room."

Dong Wan was astonished, and in an instant she understood, looked at Hui Yu and said, "I can't tell, but you are still a little bit cautious." Not allowing concubines to pay their respects will gain a reputation of being virtuous and generous to the outside world, and it will also prevent concubines from being in trouble. I happened to meet Prince Jing in the main courtyard. According to Prince Jing's emphasis on this marriage, he could suppress the two concubines before the marriage and could not enter the mansion in advance. Moreover, Huiyu had an outstanding appearance and was a sensible person. Behind him was not only the Dong family. There is also the Bei'an Marquis Mansion, King Jing is probably very considerate of her, and it is really a good deal for Huiyu to waive the concubine's room to ask for peace.

"It's just good enough to see." Huiyu didn't want to continue this topic, and it was meaningless to talk about it, so she pulled Dong Wan and said, "Let's go, we should go out and have a look, it's hard to explain why we have been lazy."

The two of them had just left the house when they happened to meet Xue Runiang who was looking for them. Seeing the two of them, Xue Runiang walked quickly two steps with a smile and said, "I'm looking for you. I've been hiding here to be lazy. Many people are looking for you." Turning to look at Dong Wan, she said: "Princess Ning seems to be leaving, she sent a girl to look for you, you should go and have a look."

The eldest son of Duke Dingguo's mansion got married, so naturally Xia Bingyu, the princess, would also come to have a glass of wedding wine, but now that the banquet was over, she left early due to her high status and no one could say anything.Unfortunately, Concubine Su sprained her ankle two days ago and couldn't come, but she brought a generous gift. Concubine Chun is always indifferent, and she never likes to join in such excitement. Yu disappeared without even having a word with her.

Now that Concubine Ning can leave after the banquet is over, it can be regarded as a great face to Dong Wan and Duke Dinguo.

Dong Wan nodded to the two of them, "Then I'll go over and have a look, let's take a step first."

Huiyu bid farewell to Xue Runiang, saw Dong Wan leading the girl towards the banquet, then turned her head and said to Xue Runiang with a smile: "Just now I mentioned my cousin to my eldest sister, but my eldest sister said it. My brother-in-law is very kind to my cousin."

Xue Runiang blushed, glanced at Huiyu, and said, "Thanks to Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Da's hard work to find such a good marriage, I have always been very grateful."

"Life is lived by people, and it is my cousin who honors her in-laws, treats her servants generously, and manages the house well, so that she can win respect."

The two walked forward while talking, and Xue Runiang whispered again: "A few days ago, my mother-in-law went to Wei's deputy conductor as a guest, and Mrs. Wei asked about you from my mother-in-law around the corner."

Huiyu didn't turn the corner for a while, "Mrs. Wei? Which Mrs. Wei?"

Xue Runiang stopped and looked at Huiyu's ten breaths of effort before she said, "You really don't know, do you? Mrs. Wei's husband is Wei Xiangrong, the deputy commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division. His family Isn’t Wei Nanxuan, the daughter of King Jing’s side concubine?”

Huiyu blinked, blinked again, and then responded softly, "Oh, so that's the case, I don't know." Ever since Ji Qiyu was accused of marriage, she never inquired about his other two concubines. Family background and who they are.It turned out that one of them was the deputy commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division. This official position was equivalent to the Beijing District Guard and Public Security Bureau. The official position was not high, but it was considered prestigious to manage the law and order in Kyoto.

"You don't know?" Xue Runiang felt that she couldn't believe it, whoever was the main concubine wanted to inquire about the side concubine's family background and the girl's character.

"I didn't deliberately ask, but cousin, what did her family ask your mother-in-law about me?" Huiyu was still very curious about this.

"It's nothing very specific. The main reason is that I have some relationship with the Duke's Mansion, so I wanted to turn a corner and get some information about you from me. My mother-in-law has never met you, so naturally she has nothing to do with Mrs. Wei." Said." Xue Ru Niang said in a low voice.

"Actually, there's nothing to inquire about. I don't know that the girl in her family is justifiable, and her family background is too low. But their family has heard of me more or less. In fact, they are just trying to make friends under the guise of inquiring. "Huiyu felt that the wife of the Wei family was really smart, and knew how to test herself around the corner from the Ding family.How famous Dong Huiyu's reputation is in Beijing, she doesn't need to say it herself, no one knows.

"I thought so too, so I specifically told my mother-in-law that it's better to keep a distance from the Wei family in the future. I also think Mrs. Wei thinks more in her heart." Xue Runiang said.

"Thank you, cousin. We sisters don't talk about those falsehoods. I accept this love." Huiyu really didn't take this matter to heart. The daughter of the Wei family had never heard of any talent in the capital before. The family background can't even lift the heels of your own shoes, so there's nothing to be wary of.However, Xue Runiang was able to deal with her like this, and she appreciated it.

"Speaking of this is just seeing outsiders. Now that I'm married, I feel that the love in our boudoir is real." Xue Runiang smiled, "You don't know about the situation of coming to another house, so let me tell you The girl from the other family is surnamed Yang Gui and her name is Qing Rong, and her father promoted Yang Jian’an, Master Yang, from the fifth-grade salt class." Having said this, he paused and said in a low voice: "I heard that Prince Jing is not in charge of salt. Do you want to take care of this? Lord Yang is working under King Jing, and I heard that he has done a lot of work."

This information is shocking!

Huiyu didn't expect that the side concubine hadn't entered yet, but Ji Qiyu and the side concubine's father got mixed up first.Ji Qiyu is doing more and more smoothly in the salt business, and must have slowly accumulated her contacts, but Huiyu did not expect that there is such a relationship.If Yang Jian'an is a capable minister on Ji Qiyu's side, this situation is not very good.

People like Ji Qiyu, who still want to do something practical for the people of the court, basically want to win over these capable officials.If Yang Jian'an had established an extremely friendly subordinate relationship with Ji Qiyu before this, it would be placed on him like the relationship between Xia Bingyu and Dong Wan.

Huiyu doesn't want to be Xia Bingyu!
Seeing that Huiyu's expression was not very good, Xue Runiang was also a little uneasy, and said, "Don't worry, the outside things are outside, and have nothing to do with the family."

Xue Runiang married a student who hadn't entered the official career, so she naturally wouldn't appreciate the intricate personnel relations and interest entanglements of the royal family.But Huiyu didn't want her to worry, so she smiled and said, "What my cousin said is right, let's not talk about it, let's go ahead and have a look."

This matter has buried a thorn in Huiyu's heart faintly, but it has not yet reached the point of being out of hand.Dong Yuncheng got married and didn't meet Huiyu until the second day when the bride recognized her relatives. She wore pomegranate red festive clothes, her hair in a Yaotai bun, and the red gold phoenix hairpin inlaid with rubies was calm and elegant.Huiyu carefully observed her words and deeds, and she was indeed meticulous and thoughtful. No matter who she was facing, she always smiled slightly, and she also had the shyness of a newlywed.

Huiyu turned her head, just to see the face of the eldest lady, she was quite satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

(End of this chapter)