Chapter 68: Emeralds
However, not long after my sister entered the Mei Mansion, the old father asked his boss to go to work in other places. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info even if he started as a small official, he did not endure the congratulations of his colleagues in the capital. In my father's eyes, it was not a congratulations, but a naked insult.
Holding the beloved daughter who grew up in the palm of his hand, he was in a hurry to be a concubine in his heart. What is that little concubine? Not a plaything in a big family's house? A lowly slave and maidservant? Even her life is in the hands of her master, and a word can kill her.
The old father's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to create a relatively safe environment for her to the greatest extent, gave her the only family in the family, and left the only shop in the family to her sister.
When his father met Mei Yunchen, he was not deceived by his apparent gentleness and vows. As the head of the Mei Mansion, Mei Yunchen's reputation in the capital is remarkable. Among the children of a family who are lustful and have a good time, eating, drinking and having fun, Mei Yunchen, who is both civil and military, calm and introverted, is undoubtedly outstanding, even among the princes. However, with his years of experience in officialdom, he can't see through this person. This also made him still worry about his beloved daughter when he left Beijing, and he could only secretly bless her to protect herself well and not be swallowed up by the turbulent undercurrents of Meifu.
This time in Beijing, he once had a trip from his home in Luzhou, and his mother was very worried about his eldest daughter's life in Beijing, and repeatedly told him to go and see his sister to reassure him.
At this moment, seeing Mei Yunkai waiting at the door, he was full of thoughts, got off the horse neatly, and walked over with the reins.
Mei Yunkai jumped down the steps quickly, greeted him warmly, and shook his head to the ground with joy: "Engong! Thank you Engong for saving me that day, reaching out to help, and saving the lives of my whole family, please accept Mei Yunkai's worship!"
Tong Zhuoxin helped Mei Yunkai up with both hands, and said humbly: "Don't mention the word Engong anymore, it is the duty of a soldier to suppress bandits and reassure the people and save the people in danger, and it makes Tong embarrassed to mention it again and again!"
Mei Yunkai knew that it was too much, and quickly stopped the topic: "What Engong said is that it is Yunkai who is in the picture, Engong・・・・・・Oh, Brother Tong, please come inside!"
Tong Zhuoxin also clenched his fists and said politely: "I'm bothered!"
Mei Quan, the little maid at the door, cleverly took the horses and led them to the stable.
Tong Zhuoxin followed Mei Yunkai into the Mei Mansion from the side door, and along the way, he saw pavilions, pavilions, ponds, pavilions, and water pavilions hidden in the lush foliage of trees, rockeries, strange stones, vines, and green bamboos, like dotted dots.
Each scenery is unique and pleasing to the eye. The mottled traces on the wall of the blue brick courtyard and the eaves and arches allowed Tong Zhuoxin to see the vicissitudes of life and profound heritage of the century-old Mei Mansion.
After entering the Tingxue Hall, a second-class maid had already reported to the old lady with poetry. The old lady had already sat on the Taishi chair in the main hall before the report, and when she heard the report, she hurriedly asked Mama Gu to invite Engong in.
Mama Gu opened the curtain and gave a deep salute to Tong Zhuoxin and Mei Yunkai: "The slave maid has seen Tong Lang General and the second master." The old lady invited the guest and the second master to go in. ”
Tong Zhuoxin nodded to Mama Gu and followed Mei Yunkai into the upper room.
As soon as he entered the main hall, Tong Zhuoxin saw a fifty or sixty-year-old woman sitting on the Taishi chair in the middle, knowing that this must be the old lady of Meifu, and hurriedly bowed down: "The younger generation Tong Zhuoxin came to see the old lady, and he took the liberty to come today, and asked the old lady to forgive the younger generation for their abrupt crimes." ”
"Don't be polite, the old woman hasn't thanked you for saving the child, Tong Lang will always remember this friendship in my Mei Mansion and will never forget it." Please be seated!" said the old lady hurriedly.
Tong Zhuoxin straightened up, took out a mahogany brocade box from his arms, handed it to Mei Yunkai and said: "The younger generation heard that this year is the old lady's fifty-fifth birthday, and the younger generation just touched an emerald jade, I hope the old lady likes it." ”
Jade is the old lady's favorite, and emerald is known as the "king of emeralds". Also known as the birthstone of May, emeralds symbolize luck, happiness, and wearing them will bring a lifetime of peace.
I have to say that Tong Zhuoxin has put a lot of effort into this gift, and just touched the pulse of the old lady, and from the obvious happy face of the old lady, you can see how satisfied she is with this gift.
The old lady smiled like a spring breeze, and said embarrassedly: "Oh, the old woman's birthday can make Tong Lang break the bill, how can this one be made, hehe・・・・・・ what, the old woman won't keep you, go and see your sister." ”
The old lady was anxious to look at the emerald jade, and gave an empathetic order to evict the customer. It's just that she didn't forget Aunt Tong's state at this time, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's just that the old woman has something to say, your sister has been in poor health recently, don't be surprised when you see it." The old woman promises you that this is only one time, and that there will be no such thing in the next case!
Tong Zhuoxin's heart sank when he heard the old lady finish speaking.
Before he came, he had already prepared, and his sister's situation in Meifu would not be very good. However, the old lady said it so clearly, which showed that her sister's situation was worse than she imagined.
So, Tong Zhuoxin was not polite, said goodbye to the old lady and went out of Tingxue Hall.
Mei Yunkai is the master, so he naturally leads the way in front of the head. It's just that his mood is unusually heavy at this time.
When I first saw Aunt Tong, I almost thought that I had recognized the wrong person, and I really couldn't compare her with the beautiful, dignified, elegant and quiet woman more than ten years ago. To be honest, he complained a little bit about his brother in his heart at that time. I was admitted at the beginning, even if the heat passed in the future, it couldn't be so bad, right?
Although he was not in the mansion, he had also heard that the eldest lady was particularly harsh on Aunt Tong. He didn't believe that his brother didn't know, he just didn't understand why he treated Aunt Tong like this. He now has no face to see Aunt Tong, and regrets taking this way. If Tong Zhuoxin saw Aunt Tong's appearance, he wouldn't go crazy!
However, seeing that there was Mochizuki in front of him, he could only stubbornly take Tong Zhuoxin and walked over.
Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhou, who were guarding the door, saw that the second master of the house came with guests, and after a salute, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly flew into the courtyard to report, and Mrs. Zhou continued to guard the gate.
After figuring out the time of her uncle's arrival with Chunlan, Mei Yixuan let Aunt Tong and Mei Shengjie's mother and son sleep for a while. Both of them were too weak for her to ignore their physical recovery just because she made her uncle look pitiful.
Fortunately, because there is space for water, after a good night's sleep at noon, both of them have improved slightly. Aunt Tong's trauma is no longer oozing blood, and Mei Shengjie has recovered a lot because she has eaten enough.
Mei Yixuan asked the maids to clean them up, re-freshen up, and put on new clothes. Aunt Tong couldn't get up and go to the living room because of the injuries on her body. But after hearing that his mother's brother was coming, he had already cried several times and put on makeup. In the end, Mei Yixuan simply let her forget without makeup, which was more realistic.
This is the previous manuscript, Xiaocun tried to grasp the time code Braille, anyway, it was not on the shelf, so I should give back to all readers, thank you for your love and support!