Chapter 12: Suspicion
Yao smiled and said, "This is the third niece, right? Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Niu likes to hear others praise his granddaughter the most, so he said, "I think so too." Where in the world can I find a more lovely child than our sister Sang?"
Yao was stunned for a moment, but soon nodded with a smile, and smiled very sincerely, as if he didn't have a daughter of the same age as Qin Hanzhen.
Qin Ping helped his father Qin Bai, and he was also angry about the words and deeds of Xue's mother and son, but before he could show it, he let his mother take the lead, and he admired his mother's toughness more and more, and secretly made up his mind to completely alienate the second room in the future.
Uncle Tiger and Mama Tiger followed the master to the front of Kurong Hall, and stood by the door. This rule was taught to his wife by Uncle Hu in advance, and it is in line with the practice of the people of the Hou Mansion. The golden elephant fell behind and did not show the slightest abnormality, because this is a normal thing. But now the steward who is in power in the Hou Mansion saw it, and he was a little surprised. They thought that the subordinates in the third room didn't understand the rules, so they couldn't help but look at Tiger Uncle and Mama twice. Mama Tiger straightened her waist a little straighter, but Uncle Hu glanced coldly at Xue Shi in the second room, and a look of disdain flashed in his eyes.
But for those who experienced the catastrophe in the Yongjiahou Mansion back then, who can look down on this second wife who betrayed her husband's family and fled privately, but after her husband's family was rehabilitated, she brazenly came to the door to ask for wealth and nobility? She was just slightly luckier than Qin Song's ex-wife Ma Shi, leaving Qin Huai's son behind, so that Empress Qin could open up to her. Now there is also a face to play prestige in the Qin family!
Everyone in the long room greeted the third room and his party into the hall with a smile, but left the second room aside. Xue's face was blue and white for a while, and he only felt that the people around him were staring at him, and he really wished that there was a crack in the ground to get into.
Qin Bofu said hatefully: "The third room is really not to be handed over!" That's it, they used to be the same as the long room, and this time they suddenly returned to Beijing, and they also wanted to go against our second room. Showing the carriages and horses in this way also saves them the effort of being false and wronged!"
Xiao Xue sighed: "Why bother? Sanfang has only just returned to Beijing, and if the wife doesn't provoke them, they won't turn their faces." At this point, if we need to ask them in the future......"
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Qin Bofu: "How can we need to beg them? Who are they? It's just a bun that has lived in the countryside for decades and has never seen the world. My third uncle abandoned his family and business for the sake of a woman, and the saint was afraid that he would have already hated him. It is impossible for him to have a good future when he returns to Beijing, but he wants to rely on the Hou Mansion to enjoy a few years of wealth, so that his two sons can also get a touch of the light of the Hou Mansion. Qin Ping can be a janissary, they must want to get another son to come to the capital as well. Who can we count on if we have no roots in the capital? Don't say that we have a request for them, but I am afraid that they will have a time to ask us in the future!"
Xue Shi frowned: "I think something is wrong...... How can I look at the third uncle's straightforward appearance, it doesn't seem to be what Qin Song said?"
Qin Bofu was puzzled: "How is it possible? If it weren't for that, how could Sanfang not return to Beijing for more than 30 years?
Xue pursed his lips: "No, I still feel wrong." The old servant in the third room standing outside the door over there, I always felt that his appearance was very familiar. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a henchman that Qin Bai used when he was young, as if he was called Mohu...... When the Hou Mansion was rehabilitated, I was in charge of a year of feeding, and I remember that this ink tiger should have been sold and re-defected, but for some reason, it disappeared later. The people below didn't know what was going on, it was Qin Song who sent a message, saying that he was dying of a sudden illness and that his name should be removed from the list of servants, so that the matter was closed. At that time, I thought it was strange, why did he die of a sudden illness when he was so well? Could it be that Qin Song was beaten to death? I wanted to ask someone to go to a private visit so that Qin Song's handle could be found. But it didn't take long for Xu Yu (pronounced the same as 'beauty') to enter the door, and then took over the feed, I couldn't manage it, so I had to let go of this matter. Now it seems that this Mohu is not dead at all, but has defected to Qin Bai! There must be something wrong with what happened back then!"
Xiao Xue couldn't help but cover his mouth and exclaimed: "Ah...... Just looking at the appearance of the third aunt, could it be that Hou Ye said, the third uncle abandoned his family and business because of the third aunt, and his words of not returning to the capital for 30 years were false?
Xue smirked, "We have to figure out what's going on." If Qin Song really lied back then, it would be a great crime of bullying the king! Now I see how proud he is!"
When Xiao Xue heard this, he sighed again: "Madam, if the Hou Ye deceives the king, and the Holy Lord has a seizure, we will also be affected, so why bother? We are not the bitter master, but also the Qin family, if we really make a big trouble, we will not do us any good." The family is behind closed doors, it doesn't matter how much trouble they make, but if they make trouble in front of the holy driver, it will be too confusing!"
Qin Bofu scolded his wife unhappily: "Women's opinion! You treat them as a family, they won't think so." You have to identify yourself!"
"Alright. Xue stopped his son a little impatiently. She also can't stand her daughter-in-law's personality of pouring cold water, but what can she do? This is her own niece and nephew.
She gave Xiao Xue a look, signaled the other party to shut up, and then replied to Qin Bo: "Your daughter-in-law is right, we are not the bitter master, then let the bitter master make trouble with Qin Song." After the third room enters Beijing, if it is connected with the long house, we will be weak. But if the third room and the long room turn their faces, then there will be a good show. Even if it's for this, we can't let Qin Song go easily today, we must provoke the anger of the third room!"
Qin Bofu had a smile on his face, and hurriedly helped his mother into the Kurong Hall. He just didn't want to make the long room feel better, so what was it to hold back a little bit in order to achieve his goal? He just waved his hand impatiently at his wife, telling her to stay out of the way for a while, and didn't bother to say anything else to her.
Xiao Xue fell at the end and sighed quietly. Qin Jinyi couldn't help it a little, and stepped forward to say to her: "Mother knows that grandmother and father don't like to listen to these words, why do you have to say it? What is the use of making your father angry and grandmother unhappy? Even if you have good intentions, no one will listen to you, but you will suffer a loss." ”
Xiao Xue said lightly: "People in the world just like to listen to good words, and hate to listen to undesirable words, and no one is exempt from vulgarity." I'm also afraid that your grandmother and father will only be angry with the long house and make the family uneasy, so what good will it do to your sisters? Our second room is originally attached to the long house, so why bother to do it to them everywhere?"
Qin Jinyi said: "Mother is too high to look at the long house. Although we don't have a knighthood in the second room, we are not necessarily worse than them. They are just relying on the legacy of the queen's aunt and grandmother. But my grandfather was also the brother of the queen mother, and my aunt and grandmother were still summoned by the queen mother and concubines every year, so why are we inferior to them? Grandmother and father did not like what my mother said the most, and my mother refused to change her words. How could Changfang ever be willing to help our sisters? But if my mother really annoyed my grandmother and father for the sake of Changfang, what good would it do to our sisters?"
She looked back at her seven-year-old sister Jinchun: "Sister, did you say that?" After speaking, she turned her gaze to her brother-in-law Qin Xun's face.
Qin Jinchun nodded blankly. Qin Xun pursed his lips, his eyes flashed, and he didn't speak. Qin Jinyi stared at him twice, then withdrew his gaze and looked at his mother expectantly.
Xiao Xue smiled bitterly: "What a child." Well, I'll tell you, and you don't understand. Let's go inside. With that, he walked to the Kurong Hall. Qin Jinyi stomped her feet, turned around and pulled her sister Jinchun to follow. Qin Xun lowered his head and followed into the house, keeping silent all the time.
In the Kurong Hall, everyone in the long room and the third room sat down one after another, and the female dependents greeted each other, and the juniors all stepped forward to kowtow to the elders, and also got a meeting gift.
Qin Hanzhen got three meeting gifts, from three couples. The eldest uncle's grandfather and the eldest uncle's grandmother Xu gave a pair of mutton fat white jade pendants, which looked similar to the one tied around Qin Jinyi's waist. The second uncle and the second aunt Yao gave a pair of white jade bracelets, and the third uncle and the third aunt Min gave a white jade lock with a simple silver collar.
Qin Hanzhen only needed to glance at the dress of the group of cousins to know that this was the daily standard for the girls of the Qin family, and knew that these elders didn't want them to be too timid, showing the rustic spirit of a little girl in the countryside, and losing the face of the Cheng'en Mansion. Although this attitude is unpleasant, it has the advantage of not taking it for nothing. Qin Han Zhenli accepted it thoughtfully, thanked him generously, and asked everyone in the long room to slightly reverse their original opinion of her, thinking that although this child was dressed up in the village, his words and deeds were not in the village.
Although the three-room family is quite wealthy, it cannot be compared with the Chengenhou Mansion, and there is no expensive gift like a jade pendant. What was prepared for the juniors of the Hou Mansion today was all the gadgets that Qin Bai personally combined with incense and medicine, and then made from molds, and served them in a purse. If the nephews and grandchildren are grandchildren, they will all be rewarded with incense medicine Ruyi Pei, and the concubines will get incense medicine Ruyi fan pendant, such as Yi Pei is smaller. As for the nieces and granddaughters, because there are no concubines, they are all bracelets with incense beads. This kind of meeting gift, although it is not precious, is not rude in the circle of wealthy families in the capital, and it is quite chic.
Yao's is the most capable person, and when he saw the meeting gift of his children, he smiled and said: "In the past, I only heard that our queen mother was the best at combining incense, but unfortunately none of the juniors in the family got the true inheritance, so they had to fool around with the incense bought outside." I never thought that today was an eye-opener, it turned out that the third uncle was also a master of incense. ”
Qin Bai smiled slightly: "I don't dare to call myself a master, but I just follow the recipe in the book and play with some of them." When the queen mother was not out of the cabinet in the past, she was a real master of incense, and I just learned some fur from it. He looked at his wife Niu again, "Your third aunt's family is on spices, but it is a family relationship." Niu pursed his lips and smiled, in a good mood.
Yao knew from the letter sent back by the Golden Elephant in advance that Niu's father was a spice merchant in his early years, and he didn't say it explicitly, but only blindly flattered Niu's and coaxed her to be happy, and the three rooms were happy. There was a lot of harmony in the hall.
But the mother and son in the second room looked at this situation, and it was a little unpleasant. The Xue family was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so he directly found the eldest uncle Qin Song: "Master Hou, my brother-in-law doesn't understand something, and I want to ask Master Hou to explain it clearly." It is certainly not right for the younger brother and daughter-in-law to quarrel with the third brother and sister in the courtyard, but none of the words said by the younger brother and daughter-in-law were made up by themselves, and they were all said by Hou Ye himself back then! Now what the third brother and sister said is not the same as what Hou Ye said, doesn't Hou Ye plan to make it clear? If you really wronged your third uncle and third brother and sister back then, you should pay them back your innocence today, right?"
There was a sudden silence in the Kurong Hall. (To be continued.) )