Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Intention of Flowers
Gu Zhirong jumped up in shock: "What, give it to me?"
Next to him, Cai Qing also looked surprised.
Only then did Lu Shui spread out the hand that had been shrunk behind her back in front of Gu Zhirong, only to see that there was a small ebony gold box in her hand, and without opening it, she could smell a unique smell of ambergris wafting from it. When I opened it again, sure enough, what was lying quietly in the box was a white solid thing.
Gu Zhirong's heart shook suddenly, and he couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "The person who sent things ...... here."
Lu Shui had already laughed out loud: "In this world, who else can understand Miss, except for Master Lu?"
Yes, there are thousands of purples and thousands of reds in the world, she loves the famous peony product "Qinglong Lying Ink Pool", even though it is the national color and fragrance, but there is an indomitable tenacity, which she appreciates.
As a famous product, many people love the "Qinglong Lying Ink Pool", and also love other famous products, and she, other flowers don't look at, only love this one, perhaps, this is the most heart-to-heart between her and the original owner.
In this world, no one knows that she likes the "Green Dragon Lying Ink Pool", and she doesn't plant it in her own yard, after all, she is not welcomed in the house, if she wants to plant, on the one hand, she doesn't want to show the silver, on the other hand, so as not to attract the jealousy of others and cause more trouble. But Mingyue, who has followed her since she was a child, once said that when her titular father let go of his duties, in the mansion, there would definitely be a "green dragon lying ink pool", and one was still a whole yard.
She didn't expect that he would still remember her childhood sweetheart since she was a child.
As for this ambergris, she thought, she was afraid that he had misunderstood. She remembered that when she met in the mountain behind the Hangji Temple, because at that time her unusually sensitive sense of smell smelled the aroma of ambergris wafting in the air, guessing that it was the fourth lady who led the prince over, so she said casually, not that she liked ambergris, and the eldest prince of Lu obviously misunderstood, and actually went to get such a piece to give to her.
You must know that this ambergris is extremely rare, especially the white one. She has read a book, the book records, this ambergris, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale, after the sperm whale died, the corpse decomposed, the ambergris fell into the seawater, the initial brown, after soaking in the sea water for a hundred years, all the impurities in it were discharged, it became white ambergris, the most precious.
Gu Zhirong pressed his chest with his hand, his heart thumped violently, and a wave of emotion rose in his heart. Whether it is what she needs or not, it is a wish that the other party can give her these valuable things.
There was still a letter lying quietly on the bottom of the box, which she hurriedly picked up, opened, and looked at it carefully.
The letter was written by the eldest prince of Lu, and the handwriting on it was thick, first telling about the feelings of other people's thoughts, and then talking about the green dragon lying ink pool and ambergris. The green dragon lying ink pond was obtained by him while studying in the countryside and kept it for nearly ten years, while ambergris incense was recently purchased at the market for nearly five hundred taels of silver. At the end of the letter, he said that the courtesy is light and affectionate, and he hopes that his sister can accept it with a smile.
What could she say?
She only felt that her heart was heavy, she knew that he was not doing very well, a sister-in-law was actually squeezed out by his stepmother in the house, and tried every possible way to distract his mind, so that he could not afford to fall into Sun Mountain, so as to take the opportunity to take the position of his son-in-law.
But he told her everything, still talking and laughing, still being among the best in schoolwork, and still looking calm. It seems that he doesn't pay attention to all the wind and frost and cold treatment, and his heart is still the persistence of his tireless pursuit.
Perhaps, he should have been a generation of virtuous sons to serve the court.
"Miss. Seeing Gu Zhirong's stunned look, Lu Shui was a little uneasy, she looked at the box in her hand, and said, "If Miss doesn't like it, then the slave will return this thing to the one called Yuan Pei, and let him return it to Lu Gongzi, as well as those peony flowers outside......"
Gu Zhirong came back to his senses and smiled: "Who said I don't like it anymore? This white ambergris is precious, it can be par with gold, so you can put it in the back cupboard." ”
Of course, Lushui didn't mean to return it, so he responded with a smile and turned around to put things away.
Cai Qing sighed with emotion: "Miss, let's put aside the relationship between Miss and Lu Gongzi when I was a child, the slave maid sees that he is indeed sincere to Miss." ”
Gu Zhirong didn't seem to hear Cai Qing's words, she said to herself: "Cai Qing, do you think I should do something for Lu Gongzi......?
Cai Qing was stunned for a moment: "How does Miss help Mr. Lu?"
Gu Zhirong smiled, as if he had already made up his mind: "So in a few days, I will go to the birthday of the concubine." ”
Cai Qing looked at her and didn't speak. She was thinking, a boudoir lady, for her future husband, do things beyond her duty, this courage, this ability, Lu Gongzi must know how to cherish it.
Gu Zhirong has a different idea, she is a person who will not change easily once she is identified. Since she has identified Gongzi Lu, she will want to stay with him for the rest of her life and never give up. Moreover, he is the only person she admires in this world: honor and disgrace are not shocked, and self-improvement is endless. That's the kind of person she likes.
Thinking of a series of effects that may be caused by sending flowers, Cai Qing's eyes were worried: "Miss, is it appropriate for Mr. Lu to do this?"
Gu Zhirong said: "Although the action is inappropriate, I hope he will do this." ”
Now that she is riddled with scandals, she has been involved in King Su, and she is about to be appointed as the crown princess by the emperor, and Lu Gongzi's approach has clarified the relationship between them, but it has relieved her of the siege. Her bravery and calmness, who planned their future step by step, she liked and admired him.
Gu Zhirong stood up easily: "Let's go, since it's a flower for me, I can't live up to the kindness of the flower giver." Let's move to my yard in a moment. Oh, the old lady's side, and the eldest and second masters each sent a pot over. The second sister has always been high, likes plum bamboo and orchid chrysanthemum, and doesn't like this vulgar thing, so don't give it away. As for the fourth sister, I'm afraid that she will spoil this flower, so I still won't give it away. ”
Cai Qing understood the deep meaning of Gu Zhirong's actions, nodded and said, "Miss is right." ”
Juping Temple.
The eldest lady sat on the mahogany Ganoderma lucidum chair in the main hall, looking at the pot of peony "Qinglong Lying Ink Pool" on the coffee table, while listening to the report of Cai's mother standing below.
“…… This flower was given to Miss Four, and a total of twenty pots were sent. The fourth lady ordered someone to move to the yard, and sent a pot to our side and the second room. The slave maid looked at the payment, and the name of the signature was the eldest prince of Ning'an Houfu Road......"
"Wait. The eldest lady suddenly raised her hand to stop Cai's mother from continuing to speak, "Who sent it you just said?"
Mother Cai glanced at the eldest lady and said cautiously: "The slave and maid deliberately watched it twice, and it is absolutely not wrong, it is the eldest son of the Hou Mansion of Ning'an." ”
"The eldest prince of Ning'an Houfu Road, his hands and feet are really fast!" The eldest lady couldn't sit still anymore, stood up, paced around on the ground, frowned tightly, "Didn't the step-family of Ning'an Houfu say that he has been tightly pinching the expenses of the eldest prince of Lu? Where did he get so much silver? Not only did he have close contacts with those famous sons, go on outings, and never leave a single piece of courtesy, but also have so much silver to buy these famous peonies and send them over?"
Cai's mother shook her head.
She didn't know what was going on, and she heard from the people over there in the Lu Mansion that the step-room stuck the treasury silver to death, and the eldest son of Lu only had ten taels of silver a month, so he could barely cope with his daily living expenses. And on the side of his own house, the fifth lady has also searched, but nothing has been found, and the fifth miss herself is difficult to protect, it is impossible to have so much silver to fund Lu Gongzi.
This thing is really weird, could it be that he has nobles to help?" The eldest lady couldn't help but feel irritated when she thought of the twenty pots of famous products sent in such a big battle, "It seems that this Lu Gongzi is really a character, but I underestimate him." He sent flowers into the house so blatantly today, clearly wanting to find out that he had married that five girls. Now that the crown princess is undecided, this is a good opportunity for the emperor to change his mind......"
The eldest lady suddenly smiled. Now that Lu Gongzi is so bold to send flowers to the house, and so boldly to sign his name, it is obvious that he is throwing stones to ask for directions, and he is here for the relationship with the five girls. She just happened to plan and persuaded the old lady to change people. You must know that it is impossible for a betrothed person to be married to anyone else, and the prince is so noble, if he wins people's love and spreads it, it will damage his reputation, so the emperor will definitely change his mind. When the time comes, she will let her niece, who is favored in the palace, blow the pillow wind to the emperor, and the crown princess will still be selected in her Yuanning Marquis's mansion, but the candidate will be changed to her daughter Second Miss, won't it be the best of both worlds?
As for the five girls, a helpless concubine, since she has agreed to the stepfamily of the Lu Mansion, she will never let the five girls marry the Lu Gongzi. She has a lot of tools in this regard.