Chapter 143: Questioning
The Xie family next door has been living in the house, and there is no intention of moving out at all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Yao has sent people to deliver letters more than once, all kinds of explicit hints, all of which are asking when they plan to move in, so that they can vacate the house and let the new owner Yongjiahou and his family move in.
For example, the banquet in the previous child, there is no need to send a post to the Xie family in the filial piety, but the Yao family was stunned to send it under the pretext of the neighbor, in fact, it is a hint to the Xie family: The Marquis of Yongjia has won the title and the house, and now the banquet of Hexi is about to be placed, and it is time to move into the new house, right? The Xie family who received the post, whether they came or not, could not pretend to be stupid and say that they did not know that the house had a new owner. What's more, the Yao family has been neighbors with the Xie family for many years, and they know quite a lot about the habits of the Xie family's grandmother, and they also specially instructed the mother-in-law who sent the post to the past, and turned over and over the matter of the emperor's house given to Yongjiahou Qin Bai. Speaking of which, if the Xie family still wants to pretend to be stupid, it will clearly look down on the Chengenhou Mansion.
But the Xie family neither attended the banquet, nor did they send congratulatory gifts, and they didn't even mention congratulations, and after listening to the mother-in-law who sent the post, they accepted the post, and sent the person away, not even giving the reward. Yao was angry and funny, thinking that things didn't work out, his face was a little uncomfortable, and he didn't say anything publicly. She has to finish the banquet and dragon boat race first, and only when she has free time can she free up her hands to deal with the affairs of the Xie family.
However, she still revealed the situation to the Niu family through Bailing, so as not to misunderstand that Sanfang was not interested in things.
The Niu family told Qin Bai and Qin Hanzhen Yao's words, and said with some puzzlement: "I don't know what the rules of the eunuchs in this capital are, but the matter has come to this point, why does the Xie family still rely on it?
Qin Bai said lightly: "I don't know Xie Lao Shangshu, and I don't know his style. But looking at the actions of his children and grandchildren, it is not like a person who understands. Even if Xie Laoshangshu was once prominent, and there were many protégés, there was no reason to occupy the imperial house and refuse to leave. There are more people in the Manchu Dynasty who have been given a house by the emperor, and no one is as nonsense as his family. If his family started this and everyone followed suit, where would the royal majesty be? Maybe it was when Xie Laoshang was there, the Xie family had been in the limelight for too long, but now only three years have passed, and the Xie family thought it was still the past. ”
Qin Hanzhen asked him: "Grandfather, what should we do then? Let Changfang find a way to tell the Xie family to move out?"
Qin Bai smiled: "Since the long house has been entrusted, it is naturally impossible to entrust it to others." Let's see. If the Xie family is obsessed, someone will treat them. Besides, since Xie Laoshangshu was once an official Shangshu, he naturally had countless colleagues, subordinates, relatives and friends, old friends, and protégés, and these people would not watch the Xie family make mistakes. Sooner or later, the matter of the house will be resolved. ”
Qin Hanzhen listened to it and put his mind at ease.
However, Niu couldn't help but mutter: "Is it really that easy? I heard Second Mrs. Xu say that day that the reason why the Xie family refused to move away was because they wanted to find good relatives for their children in the name of Shangshufu, so they refused to return to their hometown to guard their filial piety." To be honest, I don't understand the heart of being a parent. I heard that there is a protégé of Xie Lao Shangshu, and now he has become an official, as if he is a Zhizhou or a fellow intellectual, knowing that the uncle and grandmother of the Xie family are worried about the marriage of their children, but because they are in the filial piety period, they can't say goodbye to their children, so they take the initiative to marry the daughter of the family. His daughter is also a concubine, but she is not the eldest daughter, and her appearance is not bad. Although the official position of this protégé is a little low, but he is also a serious official from Jinshi, Uncle Xie is just an old boy, not even Xiucai, if his son can marry a daughter-in-law of such a family, he is already lucky. But the Xie family just couldn't look down on it, and they were picky about other girls, and what they said was ugly, so angry that they left directly. Didn't the Xie family feel that they were still in the Shangshu Mansion and were bent on picking daughters-in-law and sons-in-law from those first-class families? Isn't this a dream? Since they have such a high spirit, why didn't they decide on their son's marriage when Xie Laoshangshu was alive?"
Qin Bai frowned when he heard this, if the Xie family was in this style, it would really be far away.
Qin Hanzhen only listened to a gossip, followed his grandmother Niu's family to spit out a few words of thanks, seeing that his grandfather and grandmother were sleepy, knowing that the second elder was tired and wanted to take a nap, he hurriedly got up obediently and said goodbye, planning to go back to Mingyuewu to rest.
When passing by the east wing, Qin Hanzhen took a few special glances inside, and saw that Zhao Mo hadn't come back yet, and was slightly disappointed in his heart.
Back at Mingyuewu, Qin Jinhua had already fallen asleep, and several girls were sitting under the porch, some occupying the benches and napping, some were bowing their heads to do needlework, and some were shaking their fans and whispering. Seeing Qin Hanzhen coming back, several big girls got up, only Shaxia was slightly slower by two beats. Qin Hanzhen smiled and waved his hand at them, signaled them to take care of themselves, and went back to the house.
The first thing I did after returning to the house was to change my clothes, and by the way, I asked Qingxing to fetch a basin of water, wet the handkerchief and wipe the sweat on my back. This hot day is really unbearable, Qin Han really feels that he needs to get a parasol or something, and at the worst he needs to have a big sunflower fan that can shade the sun!
After a simple freshening, Qin Hanzhen lay down on the Luohan bed, shook the fan for a while, and soon fell asleep.
Xia Qing grabbed two handfuls of incense into the incense burner, covered the lid of the stove, and whispered to Lian Shi to stay by Qin Hanzhen's bedside, take the dust to drive away mosquitoes, and don't let them disturb the girl's sleep.
Qing Xing put Qin Hanzhen's jewelry in place, and when she turned around, she met Xia Qing, who glanced at her, she looked puzzled, but nodded understandingly, and followed Xia Qing out of the house.
Xia Qing led Qingxing to the small pavilion in the courtyard, signaled the mothers-in-law who were originally sitting in the cool to stay away, pulled Qingxing to sit down, and posed as if she wanted to talk in detail.
Qing Xing saw that there was no one within twenty feet of the neighborhood, raised her eyebrows, and asked in a low voice, "Sister, what are you going to do?"
Xia Qing looked frustrated: "Good sister, don't make fun of me." I'm upset, I don't know what to do. ”
Qingxing smiled, and said: "Sister is mentioning it to me now, it can be seen that she wants to discuss it with me?" I don't dare to pack the ticket, but as long as what my sister wants to do will not hinder the girl, I will never talk too much." And if my sister wants to do something that doesn't violate the rules, I'm happy to help my sister. ”
Xia Qing smacked her funny: "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you think I want you to do?!"
Qingxing pursed her lips and smiled, and asked her, "What's wrong?" thought about it, "My sister hasn't been worried in the morning, that is, at lunchtime, you went to Kurong Hall with the girl, and when you came back, you looked like this." Could it be that my sister's troubles have something to do with the guests coming to the house today?"
Xia Qing sighed: "Isn't it related?Do you know what Brother and Sister Parrot told me when they came to our courtyard today?" Seeing Qingxing shaking her head, she lowered her voice a little lower, "She instructed me to dress up the girl according to the usual preferences of the eldest son of the Xu family." Do you want to dress up the girl according to the preferences of the eldest prince Xu? Could it be that he wants the eldest prince to see that our girls like it? But between relatives, this is not the case, unless the two families have other ideas. So I asked Sister Parrot, can our old lady know? She said that our girl is still young, and it is not the time to mention such a thing, but Madame has already done so. She also told me to rest assured, Master Xu's family background is talented, and his temperament is good, and he will not insult the girl......"
Before she finished speaking, Qingxing's face was already gloomy: "My sister should have scolded her back at that time! What is this called? Who is our family? How old is the girl?! No matter what Madame thinks, she is also the lady of the long room, what does it have to do with our third room? Our girl has a father, a grandfather and grandmother, and she still needs an elder in the next room to worry about her for her? Madame is too idle?!"
Xia Qing was startled, and hurriedly "booed" a few times, for fear of asking others to listen to her words.
Qingxing didn't care: "What's there to be afraid of? Come out and see who is embarrassed!" After speaking, she stared at Xia Qing again, "I said, when my sister dresses up as a girl on weekdays, she has never been as solemn as she is today, she has clothes, jewelry, and jade sachets." It turns out that my sister did what Brother Parrot said, but my sister is not from Songfeng Hall now, you are waiting for the girl, how can you listen to other people's words to manipulate the girl?!"
Xia Qing knew that he was wrong, and lowered his head with a red face: "I also know that it is wrong, but at that time, Brother Parrot was in a hurry, I thought that it was just a meeting, what could it be? How old is the girl? Madame wants to open this mouth, and it depends on whether the old lady and the fourth master agree, so I prepared jewelry and sachets for the girl......" She paused, "The matter of clothes is just a coincidence." The girl is now guarding her filial piety, and she is wearing plain clothes, who knows that it will be just closed with the girls of the Xu family. But now there are many people wearing clothes of the same material, and there were several people at the banquet before, even if the spices used are all available in the whole house. I thought about it, forget it today, and go back and ask the girl, and it won't be like this again. But ......"
Qing Xing said coldly: "But you don't dare to ask the girl, and you don't dare to report to the master and the wife, don't you?
Xia Qing pursed her lips and felt a little embarrassed: "I came from the long room for such a thing, how dare I tell the girl?" besides, the girl is still young, so she shouldn't have asked about such a thing, so naturally she still has to ask the elders of the third room to call the shots." It's not the master, the wife, or the fourth master, even if it's Uncle Wu. Good sister, I know you're angry with me, and I can't help it. I know in my heart that I am a person in the third room, but ...... I still have Lao Tzu Niang living under other people......"