Chapter XVI Courtesy

Chengenhou's wife, Xu, very readily agreed to Mr. Zeng's request to temporarily go to the Yongjiahou Mansion to guide Qin Hanzhen's qin and chess skills. Her elder nodded, and the small dispute between the third grandmother Min and her daughter Qin Jinrong could no longer use Mr. Zeng as an excuse.

Qin Jinrong also thought that he had won his mother once, and he was so happy that he ate an extra bowl of dinner. The Min family was faintly aware of it, knowing that there was something wrong with what he was doing, maybe it was because the Xifu side couldn't see it. But Qin Han is really the junior in her next room, and Mr. Zeng has been worshiping in the Chengenhou Mansion for many years, and the Chengenhou Mansion has a tradition of despising the gentleman of boudoir learning, which is a common phenomenon, so she didn't feel anything, and sent someone to send some clothes, stationery and silver frost charcoal and other things to Mr. Zeng, even if it was wiped out.

Mr. Zeng also knew this, and accepted the Min gift with a smile, which was not the case.

She is now coming to the Yongjiahou Mansion to teach Qin Hanzhen, and the treatment is not the same as when she was in the Chengenhou Mansion. Qin Hanzhen specially cleaned up a spacious wing room in his yard, there are also fire walls and ondol glass windows, there is no shortage of hot tea and snacks all day long, and there is a clever little girl ring who only serves her. Stationery supplies, each piece is a first-class thing; food, clothing, housing and transportation, all the colors and colors are thoughtful and complete; three meals a day, if she wants to order any dishes to eat, the kitchen will be dedicated to it in a short time; what tea she wants to drink, even if it is a tribute treasure, it is everything; what book she wants to borrow, as long as it is available in the Yongjiahou Mansion, it will be delivered to her within an hour; she teaches Qin Hanzhen to learn the qin, and there is a good guqin for her to use, and she has no problem taking it away if she wants to; she teaches Qin Hanzhen to learn chess, not only the chess pieces of white jade and black agate, but also countless famous chess books for her to readใ€‚ If she wants to stay in the mansion, she will stay in the mansion, and if she wants to go back to the small courtyard she rented in the back street of the Hou Mansion, she can leave at any time, and no one will stop her. Qin Hanzhen also ordered someone to prepare a new carriage for her, which was only for her to travel on the small road between the rented yard and the Yongjiahou Mansion, so that she would not be exposed to the wind and cold on the road. In the Yongjiahou Mansion, up to Yongjiahou Qin Bai, down to a rough envoy's mother-in-law, all of them respected her.

This is a treatment that she has never enjoyed when she taught the crown princess in the Tang family before.

Mr. Zeng was a little flattered, but at the same time, he also felt very useful. If she hadn't remembered that she had an agreement with Chengenhou's wife Xu back then, she would have jumped to Xifu. Although the crown princess had solemnly asked her to serve in the Chengenhou Mansion and teach the girls of the Qin family, Yongjiahou is also surnamed Qin, and Chengenhou is originally a family, and they are all the uncles of His Royal Highness the Prince. The girls from all the families she teaches are the same, but the days in Xifu are more comfortable, and people's hearts will naturally be biased.

Thinking like this, Mr. Zeng favored Qin Hanzhen a little more in his heart. Qin Hanzhen's talent in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and song is uneven, but the victory lies in a better learning attitude and diligent, so even if the performance of the course is not satisfactory, Mr. Zeng will not say anything critical, but encourage more, and also told Qin Hanzhen a lot of experience in playing the piano, so that her piano skills have improved a lot, and even her chess skills have made great progress.

Qin Bai was very pleased with this. He thought to himself that he was a multi-talented man, and that he had taught his little granddaughter with his heart in the past. But Qin Han is really a girl, and she is different from the student he accepted before, and she doesn't learn the same things. He is used to teaching male students, and when he teaches girls, he always feels a little illegal. He often worries that if he follows the path of teaching male students to guide his granddaughter's homework, will he teach Qin Hanzhen out of place and not like a famous lady? But now that Mr. Zeng has picked up the omissions and supplements, he doesn't have to worry anymore.

Niu also likes to invite Mr. Zeng over for tea and gossip. She didn't know anything about academics, so she just pulled Mr. Zeng to chat about some family things. Mr. Zeng saw that she had no frame and treated her kindly, although it was rumored that she was born in a village girl and did not know how to be polite, but she did not feel that the Niu family was vulgar when she got along, but it was easier to get along with than many noble ladies. She is also happy to chat with Niu's from time to time, just to relax. Yongjiahou Mansion is not as good as Chengenhou Mansion has so many rules, the family gets along very well, there is no intrigue, she is in it, she does not have to be careful from time to time, cautious words, and life is comfortable.

However, Mr. Zeng did not live in the Yongjiahou Mansion all the time. She is a free person, and she has some identities, and she often receives posts from friends, goes out for tea, gathers or something. Qin Hanzhen always ordered the little girl serving beside her to pay careful attention, and when Mr. Zeng was in need, the Yongjiahou Mansion could help prepare her equipment and gifts for visiting friends. All this can be done quietly, and it will not be publicized. But Mr. Zeng knows it well, and his heart is even more appropriate.

A few days later, she went out again, and revealed her tone to Qin Hanzhen, saying that she was a former student, and the princess Tang of the East Palace invited her into the palace for tea. Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "The crown princess and Mr. have been teachers and students for many years, and the friendship is still so deep, it is really enviable." "After that, I had a few things delivered. There is a newly-made stone blue silk small wool cloak - the fur inlaid is produced by Suning, the hand cover and scarf matched with the cloak, there is a set of high-quality carved jade pendants of four colors, there is a new copper hand stove, sheepskin boots worn on a snowy day, the carriage is also cleaned up, with a charcoal basin and enough silver frost charcoal, a small tea stove is added, and all the parts have been renovated again. Mr. Zeng can completely dress up, ride the warm carriage, and enter the palace to go to the crown princess's tea party.

Other than that, Qin Hanzhen didn't say a single superfluous word. Mr. Zeng listened to the girl's return, and the corners of his mouth couldn't hide the smile.

Yahuan, who had been waiting with her for many years, asked her privately: "Sir, does Miss Qin San know what the crown princess invited you to the East Palace for?"

Mr. Zeng smiled lightly: "Whether you know it or not, what's the difference? Could it be that Yongjiahou will let his beloved eldest granddaughter enter the palace to be a little companion? Miss Qin San didn't need to do such superfluous things. Let's assume she doesn't know. I'm so old, it's rare to meet a good student who really knows how to respect teachers, and I don't take the opportunity to use it more, so why bother with that leisure?"

Mr. Zeng entered the East Palace for the tea party in such a low-key manner. Some people in Beijing noticed it, but most of them didn't take the crown princess's tea party to heart.

In late October, the birthday of Qin Jinyi, the eldest girl in the second room, is coming. Qin Hanzhen has long lost her sisterhood, and the second room has little contact with the Yongjiahou Mansion, but reading it in Qin Jinchun's face is also due to the rules and etiquette, Qin Hanzhen still prepared a birthday gift for this lobby sister. It's not a particularly precious thing, it's just a flower and bird embroidery seat screen bought in a store, plus a set of four treasures of the study, and there is not even a piece of needlework made by yourself.

Qin Hanzhen didn't plan to send the gift to the second room in person, just give it to Qin Jinchun and let her carry it. On the eldest sister's birthday, Qin Jinchun must go home to congratulate. The boudoir school in Chengenhou's Mansion was suspended, and Qin Jinchun, who had come to live and accompany her, should have gone home, but Qin Jinhua insisted on keeping her, and there was no movement in the second room, so she stayed and didn't mention going back. It's a pity that Qin Jinyi's birthday, Qin Jinchun can't hide from it anyway, he has been scared since a few days ago, afraid that he won't be able to come to the long house again when he returns home. Qin Jinhua has been comforting her, and has prepared a rich birthday gift for her as support, and even plans to lend the big girl who is waiting for her to Qin Jinchun, so that after Qin Jinyi's birthday, she will bring her cousin back to the long room.

When Qin Hanzhen arrived at Mingyuewu, Qin Jinhua, Qin Jinchun and Qin Jinrong were all there. Qin Jinhua comforted Qin Jinchun again and again, and told her that the young lady of the mansion of a certain country would hold a banquet next month, and invite the girls from all families to taste tea and enjoy the plums, and she would definitely receive the post, so she would take her with her when the time came. On that occasion, Qin Jinyi would have to hold on to it whenever she had the opportunity, Qin Jinchun would have the opportunity to participate, and neither the Xue family nor Qin Bofu would stop her from coming to the long room again. When Qin Jinchun heard this, his heart was a little calmer. In any case, she will not be trapped at home for too long, and she will be able to return to the Chengenhou Mansion in a few days.

Qin Jinrong had been sitting quietly on the side, casually playing a set of nine consecutive rings. Glimpsing Qin Hanzhen coming, the other two sisters all got up to salute, but she ignored it, just nodded and said hello, occasionally glanced at Qin Hanzhen, and her eyes were a little unkind.

Qin Hanzhen didn't know where she had made this little aunt unhappy, obviously she had invited Mr. Zeng away before, Qin Jinrong was still happy to go around the room, and it was even more rare to show a smile to her third cousin who came to "visit the patient". It's only been a few days? The fifth girl is annoyed again?

Qin Hanzhen didn't care about her children's family, she only returned the gift according to the number of courtesies, and asked with a smile: "Fifth sister is getting better now? I see that you look good, you must not need to take any more medicine, right?"

Qin Jinrong sneered: "Naturally, it's great." No matter how bad it is, isn't it a good thing to let others take the lead?"

Qin Hanzhen blinked, only felt inexplicable, and no longer paid attention to her, turned his head to talk to Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun, and entrusted Qin Jinchun with the birthday gift for Qin Jinyi.

Qin Jinchun glanced at the gifts she had prepared, and knew that she was just responding to the story, and her intentions were not as good as the suppositories she had brought to herself when she came back from Lingnan before, so she smiled and said, "The third sister has a heart, and the eldest sister will be very happy to receive these gifts!"

Qin Hanzhen smiled, those gifts were neither expensive nor gorgeous, it was strange that Qin Jinyi would be happy. She didn't say much, only chatted with the two cousins, chatted about the fashionable materials and clothing styles in the capital this winter, and discussed what new jewelry to wear in the New Year. This is a common topic in the boudoir, and it couldn't be safer.

Who knew that Qin Jinrong became more and more annoyed the more he listened, stood up suddenly, and said with a straight face: "I'm leaving!" Qin Jinhua called her several times, but she didn't look back. They thought it was the girls who were talking and making an unpleasant noise, so they chased them all the way over and said good things, Qin Jinrong didn't pay attention to it, turned around and went back to his yard, and hung a few big girls out of the door.

Qin Hanzhen felt even more inexplicable, and asked Qin Jinhua: "What's wrong with the fifth sister today?

Qin Jinhua thought for a while: "Maybe it's because we talked about new clothes and jewelry, and she remembered that the third aunt was annoyed with her now, and she was afraid that she wouldn't be in the mood to prepare these for her, so she was unhappy?"

Even if the Min family is angry with her daughter, the concubine of the Chengenhou Mansion has her own share, and there is no such thing as not being able to wear new clothes in the New Year. What's the matter, the head of the family is still Mrs. Chengenhou's Xu, and it is the Yao family who presides over the feed, and the Min family can't intervene?

Qin Han really didn't believe that Qin Jinrong was really a little chicken at this point, Qin Jinchun was a little stumbling: "Maybe ...... It's for the sake of Donggong Minshun's lord to choose a companion, right?"