Chapter 44: Stunning Beauty
"Who is Brother Xiuming?" The name was very unfamiliar, but Shen Miaolan was interested.
Shen Xi replied honestly, "It's the prince of Zhenguo." ”
"Oh. "This is a stranger, Shen Miaolan is not very interested. Then he started chatting with his brother on another topic.
Mrs. Shen San walked in front, listening to the two sisters and brothers talking and laughing in the back, and suddenly felt that the whole person was not good.
Shen Yilan felt her mother's low pressure, and she didn't dare to take a breath. She secretly glanced back at Shen Miaolan, who was chatting with Shen Xi very warmly. There was a doubt in my heart. Could it be that this product is also reborn, so it is necessary to prevent the slightest slightest, and start from having a good relationship with Shen Xi to avoid disasters?
Today's Rongshoutang is different from the deserted in the past, the old lady specially ordered someone to build the flowers and plants raised in the house, and the empty white porcelain, blue and white porcelain vases in the sky are also inserted with flowers that are blooming nowadays.
The old lady was surrounded by children and sat on the rosewood spring arhat bed, with a loving smile on her face. Wearing a jade-colored Fushou Ruyi pattern inlaid with folded branches and begonias collared gowns, the golden hairpin on his head was bright, and the face of the person who took advantage of it was ruddy, and he looked much younger.
After asking for peace, Shen Miaolan peeled a lychee for the old lady, and said crisply, "It's really a happy event and the grandmother looks so good today." When the third aunt arrives and sees her grandmother, she will definitely think that it is still when she is not married. ”
This is a compliment to the old lady's youth. People always like to be praised, even if it's an old lady with a cold temperament. It's hard to be happy to hear it. patted Shen Miaolan's hand and smiled, "You monkey, you have honey in your mouth, and you are still funny about your grandmother!" As she spoke, she glanced at the taciturn third lady on the side, and sighed in her heart, how did the lord who never left room for words gave birth to two daughters who were so dexterous.
Shen Yilan also interjected at the right time to be funny, and for a while, the two girls in the third room became the center of the house.
Shen Chunlan didn't like to please the old lady, so she sat on the side and ate tea and fruit snacks and didn't care. Shen Jiaolan's hand in the sleeve gradually clenched. The more Shen Miaolan was so proud, the more uncomfortable she felt.
The second lady looked at her daughter who was content with the status quo, and she was angry. A girl who doesn't know how to please her grandmother in her mother's family is not a good daughter-in-law when she marries. looked sideways at Shen Jiaolan, who was forcing herself not to show a resentful look, and felt a little relieved. Fortunately, her daughter is not the kind of little hooves with a sour twist and a bad stomach.
The joy and excitement that was being said here was that the big girl Bai Shao next to the old lady came in from outside, and reported with a happy face, "Ancestor, the carriage of the third aunt and grandmother has stopped at the gate of the Hou Mansion." ”
"Yo, the third girl has arrived!" the old lady couldn't close her mouth happily, and hurriedly got up with Shen Miaolan's support. beckoned, "Quick, help me to pick them up at the second gate." ”
When a room of people saw the old lady get up, they naturally followed suit. The master and his subordinates went to the second gate in a mighty way.
The second lady and the third lady stood beside the old lady on the left and right, while the four Miaolan sisters stood behind, followed by the little Shen Xi standing timidly.
When a group of people arrived at the second gate, they saw two blue glazed sedan chairs slowly moving towards this side from a distance. The old lady looked with longing in her eyes.
As soon as the sedan chair stopped, the second lady rushed up to meet it.
Because she was blocked by her slightly sturdy body, Shen Miaolan, who was standing behind, did not see the appearance of the third aunt clearly for the first time. It wasn't until the third aunt, the second lady, and the third lady were polite, and hugged the old lady together to wipe away tears, that Shen Miaolan looked down on her aunt.
That's a genuine beauty, compared to Shen Guifei, who married into the palace and was known as the first beauty in the queen and palace, she was even better.
A woman who is nearly forty years old is still slender, with smooth skin and a face like a peach blossom. I really have to sigh. Shen Miaolan looked at the third aunt carefully, she was wearing a rose purple chrysanthemum pattern sleeve shirt, and a silver gray flowered horse-faced skirt. The high bun is inserted with white jade and gold silk phoenix hairpins. This low-key luxury makes her eyebrows picturesque. Looking at this whole dress, you can see that this third aunt is an extremely elegant person.
Look at the girl standing beside her, slim and elegant, not very old, but there is already a slight charm between her eyebrows and eyes. A red gold silk twisted branch magnolia brocade collared gown, with a royal blue bamboo magpie double happiness Lin Mei secretly woven brocade Hunan skirt underneath. The double bun is hung with banana leaves and jade tassels, and the neck is hung with a heavy red gold ruyi lock. The whole body is magnificent, with a sense of coquettishness and nobility.
On the side, Shen Jiaolan's eyes fell on the bodies of the third aunt and cousin He, as if they had been burned, and quickly moved away, but looked back slightly expectantly.
Shen Miaolan turned her head sideways and saw that Guerlain seemed to be looking for something, only to find that Cousin He, who was originally going to come, did not appear.
The old lady took the hands of her daughter and granddaughter, first introduced the second and third uncles to Cousin He, and then introduced the grandchildren and granddaughters one by one. Everyone greeted each other, and after giving each other greeting gifts, they all walked to the old lady's Rongshou Hall.
After entering the room and sitting down, the old lady asked, "Why didn't I see Brother Yi'er, but I didn't enter Beijing with you?"
Shen Jiaolan, who was originally drinking tea with her head down, paused, and looked up at the third aunt. Listening to her say, "Brother Yi'er was tripped up by things on the way here, and left him to deal with it, and our mother and daughter came first." In an hour or two, he should have come. ”
"I just entered Beijing, but what happened?" the old lady looked at her daughter with some concern.
"My brother is the most old-fashioned, and on the way here, he saw someone selling himself to bury his father, so he kindly gave silver to help. It was just a gesture, but who knew that the girl recognized my brother as a benefactor, and no matter what my brother said that she didn't need to repay her, she didn't listen, and preferring to stay by my brother's side to serve. He Mingyu replied with a coquettish face, as if he was a little teasing. "Don't worry, grandmother, my brother often encounters such things. ”
After listening to He Mingyu's narration, everyone couldn't help laughing. The third aunt glared at her daughter with disgust, "You are the fastest, arrange your own brother, and you are not afraid of people's jokes." ”
Mingyu was crooked in the old lady's arms, unexpectedly, "This is my grandmother's house, they are all my own relatives, where will anyone laugh at it!"
"What the cousin said is that we all like the girl's delicate nature. The second lady came to her sister-in-law's side, obviously a little flattering.
Shen Miaolan looked at it coldly, a little incomprehensible. This second aunt, why should she slap the third aunt for no reason!
Yilan seemed to understand what she was thinking, and whispered in her ear, "The third aunt's family has a concubine, and she is at the age of discussing relatives. I couldn't send Guerlain to marry a poor family before, and I was afraid that I was thinking about stuffing people into my aunt's concubine. ”
Shen Miaolan looked at Shen Jiaolan with some sympathy, but saw that she was also casting an unclear gaze at her.