Chapter 180: Preparation for the New Year (Major Chapter)
"Miss, come out and take a look!"
It's just early in the morning, and Sequoia seems to be about to exhaust the smile of the day, and you don't have to come to the courtyard of the snow coat to be able to hear her laughter, reflecting the festive atmosphere and bringing real joy to the Lin Mansion.
Sequoia was dressed in red, and tied ribbons around the locust tree in the yard, even if the tree was covered with a thick layer of snow, she also did it vigorously, and the two little maids holding the tray were already frozen to the waist, and their little faces were flushed, and Sequoia teased: "You look like this, you are more bent than this tree, but I haven't seen the snow on your body?"
"Sister Sequoia, why bother making fun of us. ”
"Yes, sister, what are you doing here, Miss hasn't been out for half a month, what's the use of you working so hard to prepare?"
Sequoia's hand stopped, his fingers were already red from the cold, he was afraid that he was going to get chilblains, and a pair of bright eyes looked at the door of the snow coat, Miss didn't know what was wrong, she had been in good shape for three or four days, and she hadn't seen Miss yet.
Sequoia: "What do you know? Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Miss will always go out, if you see that this yard is not festive at all, I will see how you explain!"
The movements in his hands did not stop, and the redwoods continued to hang again.
"What are you doing?"
A cold voice came, and Sequoia saw that it was Xuefu standing at the door.
Sequoia: "Miss, where are you going?"
She hurried from under the tree and looked at the snowcoat.
She is still wearing a lilac one today, with light eyebrows and watery eyes, still a beautiful and refined appearance, it has snowed all night, so cold, she is just wearing a silver white fox robe, which looks very elegant, but it lacks some festive atmosphere.
Sequoia: "Miss, where is the old lady?"
Sequoia only had to see what the snow coat was wearing to know that she was going to see Wang. This cloak was given by the Wang family, and the young lady didn't like it on weekdays, but she would wear it to please the old lady when she went to her.
Xue Sheng smiled: "You guessed it, come with me!"
Sequoia: "Yes." ”
Stepping on the snow. The two went out, this is Chinese New Year's Eve, Xuefu rarely goes out these days, except for going to the old lady every three to five to ask for peace, and the first day of the new year. Fifteen the whole family eats together, and she has lost a lot of time in the house.
This year is about to pass, Xue Yu raised her eyes and looked at Lin Mansion, she has been here for almost four months, and she always feels that there is something in it that she has not yet understood.
Sequoia: "Miss, do you want to go and see Madame, Madame just came back from her mother's house yesterday." ”
Sequoia reminded Xuefang, because she heard many voices talking about Xuejiao, and Zhang had been gone for five days, and even Lin Fang was waiting for her when she returned. But there is only a snow coat that has never passed, and it is a handle for people.
Xuefu: "As you said, I'll go." Sequoia, are you all right?"
Sequoia: "Yes, miss. You haven't been out lately, you don't know yet. I came back a few days ago to serve. ”
Passing through the garden, Xuefu looked at the pool with a thin layer of ice.
Yuki: "I already knew. ”
Sequoia said strangely, "What, Miss, do you know?" but you won't let us into the house. ”
Xue Cao smiled: "I don't have to see you, just pay attention to the wardrobe." You tidy up, always put the most showy dresses outside. Did I say I didn't like it?"
Sequoia: "Miss, what do you say?" Sequoia is thinking that the New Year is coming soon, and on a festive day, I want Miss to wear it for the occasion!"
Sequoia said. But I was happy in my heart, Miss hadn't talked to herself like this for a long time, and since Laba, Miss has always been cold, and she doesn't seem to need anyone's appearance.
Xue Cao smiled faintly, and the cold wind blew his mind clearly. She just knew that she did have less laughter these days, but correspondingly, she had done a lot of good things.
Xue Xuan: "Have you seen red embroidery lately? How is she doing? I heard that my cousin Eighteen gave her a name. ”
Sequoia: "Sister Hongxiu! Miss is right, as soon as the young master is in good health, the eldest lady will set the name of Hongxiu." ”
The Zhao family is trustworthy...
Xue Yu quipped: "You don't have to miss her, I will find you a good in-law in a few years." ”
Sequoia: "Miss, what are you doing here..."
Sequoia's appearance is a little distracted, she has raised her body for so long, Hongxiu has never come to visit once, what is wrong with her?
Yuki: "We're here. ”
Walking into Wang's yard, Xuejiao found that the incense ordered today was very strong, and the room was warm, which seemed to have a spring feeling.
Xue Cao walked into the house and said with a smile: "Xue Bao greets grandmother." ”
Old lady: "Xuejiao, you are here, get up quickly." ”
The snow robe came so early today, and even the Wang family was still grooming, so the snow robe came over and took the comb from Mama's hand.
Xue Bao: "Grandmother's spirit is getting better and better, and she is really getting younger and younger." ”
Old lady: "Hehe, look at you, this mouth is really pleasing." Don't talk about it, I'm just an old woman. ”
Xue Bao: "Grandmother, how can there be! Xue Bao is telling the truth. ”
Gently combing Wang's hair, she was already half a hundred, and she was still happy to hear this.
Old lady: "I really can't help you." ”
Xue Cao: "Grandmother, is it good to wear a golden hairpin today? ”
The old lady looked at the bronze mirror, the woman behind her smiled like a flower, with delicate facial features, white skin and snow, a pair of exotic blue eyes, coupled with a refined temperament, living off a beauty who captivated the country and the city, Wang thought about the thin and weak appearance when he first saw him a few months ago, these months have passed, the snow coat has become more and more beautiful, and if it grows for another year or two, it will really be a peerless beauty, and he will smile in an instant.
Old lady: "It's up to you! Your vision has always been one of the best." ”
Snow robe: "Grandmother is so complimented on Snow Coat. It's just that the mind has arrived. ”
Gently put the hairpin on Wang, and the snow coat continued to comb her sideburns.
Wang: "Speaking of this vision, I used to remember that the king of the county often came to the mansion. These days seem rare?"
Sequoia lowered her head silently, the last thing that the young lady wanted to hear about the county king, as soon as she came back, she knew that the cuckoo had never entered the inner room to serve because he had said the county king once.
I'm afraid the king of the county is having an awkward relationship with the young lady.
Xue Yu's smile was still the same, she knew that the Wang family was observing her with a bronze mirror.
"Grandmother, when you ask this, Xue Yu feels a little shy!"
She smiled shyly, and Wang looked a little puzzled.
Old lady: "Grandmother is talking too much, Xue Xuan, you don't have a conflict with the county king, right?"
Wang's question was very explicit, and Xue Yu naturally understood in her heart. She wanted to know if she had tied up a prince, but she forgot that the woman in the boudoir should not associate with any man, and the Wang family only thought that the Lin family had caught up with the royal family, and she didn't care about these at all!
Yukiki wasn't going to tell the truth. I just hope that Wang will not ask again.
"Grandmother, I don't know what to say, but the king doesn't like to be seen. ”
Old lady: "I see, then you might as well ask the king of the county to go through the main gate, or you can talk to your father or two." ”
Snow robe: "Snow coat will be mentioned." ”
Wang looked at the snow coat. looked like she was untouched, and she naturally believed that Xue Yu would not do anything out of the ordinary before Xiao Tong, but she still said much.
The old lady stood up, the maidservant waited for her to dress, and the snowcoat stood aside, listening to her teachings.
Old lady: "Xue Bao, you have to understand that grandmother thinks that you need to make more friends as a little girl, and the king of the county is also a good person, so you are allowed to socialize." But there's a silver lining in everything, you know?"
Xue Cao said: "Xue Bao understands and will not exceed the rules." ”
Old lady: "That's good, you have always been sensible, and you are the most worry-free." ”
Xue Yu listened to so many words from the Wang family, and she didn't know how she felt in her heart.
When she said this, Xue Cao also understood, after all, the ancestors of the Lin family had not always lived in the capital, their ancestors had never been officials, and Lin Fang had never won the imperial examination. But after becoming an official, the Wang family has not learned the rules of the official's back house for so many years, and blindly wants to cling to power, which has also proved Xue Wei's idea.
Right now. All she knew was that it was time to find someone to verify.
Xue Cao: "Grandmother, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and my mother has just returned home, I'm afraid I haven't prepared any interesting programs, can I call Xue Cao to prepare some fun tonight?"
Wang Shi listened and said: "It's rare that you have this thought, we were arranged by your mother in previous years." This year, it is said that there is only a family banquet, which seems to be a little boring. What are you going to do?"
She agreed?
Xue Bao: "Grandmother, Xue Cao thought about whether she could invite a troupe to come, wouldn't it be just right to put on a few good plays?"
Old lady: "Singing, it's interesting." I'll leave it to you!"
Snow robe: "Yes, Snow coat will definitely be liked by grandmother." ”
After making a promise, Xueluo walked out of Wang's house, and as soon as he came out of this warm room, the oncoming cold wind blew Xueluo cold, and blew it on his face like a knife.
Xue Cao walked to Zhang's courtyard, Sequoia holding her body in her hands, shivering.
Sequoia asked, "Miss, you want to set up a stage, on such a cold day?"
Xue Yu knew that it was not a good weather, but she needed to find out in the next few days.
Xue Bao: "Yes! Sing for a few days, isn't the end of the New Year coming? ”
With a smile in return, it was just a daytime event, and the stage was ready, just waiting for the evening to start singing.
Xue Bao stood outside and stared at them, Sequoia was also accompanying him, just returned from Zhang's place, Xue Cao welcomed Zhang home with a smile on his face, Zhang Zhi was going to prepare a gift, a white orchid jade hairpin, it was indeed worth a lot.
But Zhang Zhi and Lin Susu were brand-new jewelry, and Lin Shanlian was stunned when she saw her.
She had never seen the colorful gilt bracelet on Zhang's hand, the cyan cloth on Lin Susu's head swayed, and the jade pendant on her waist dazzled her even more, and the snow robe didn't react much to her, but she didn't know that Taifu's Fenglu was so rich.
With this gift, the snow coat carefully prepared for the big scene in the evening.
Half a month passed, and Xue Yu knew that it could not be as calm as it appeared to be in this mansion.
Sequoia was sent to Zhao's yard.
Red embroidery: "The slave has seen the eldest lady." ”
Zhao: "Get up, you are the maid next to Xuefang, what are you doing?"
Hongxiu raised her head and said, "The eldest lady has set up a stage in the garden tonight, and invites you to go and have a lively time together in the evening." ”
Zhao: "Stage?"
Sequoia replied, "Yes, ma'am, the old lady will go to the play." ”
Sequoia's eyes couldn't help but look around, as soon as she walked into this courtyard, she knew that Lin Qingqi lived in the house in the west, Lin Zhanyan lived in the outer courtyard, and there was only one room in the outer courtyard, so Hongxiu must have lived in which room here, and she couldn't help but want to look around.
Zhao was thinking that Sequoia was behaving strangely, and a maidservant girl beside him suddenly came over and whispered a few words to Zhao.
Zhao looked at Sequoia, she didn't know Sequoia originally, but now she knows that her son worked desperately that day to find this girl.
Zhao: "Okay, I see. When I get back to the snow coat, I will definitely go. ”
Sequoia: "Yes, Grand Lady. ”
Zhao sneered: "What, don't you leave yet?"
Sequoia was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Xue Yu called herself to come, not only to tell the Zhao family to go to the theater at night, but also to see the situation of the red embroidery, why did this eldest lady have to drive people away?
Sequoia: "Back to the eldest lady, Miss has a big ao, I don't know which corner it is placed, I have looked for it several times before, but the slave has been looking for a long time, but I remember that it is the place where Sister Hongxiu put it before, Miss said that she will wear it on the first day of the new year tomorrow, I don't know if Sister Hongxiu can be convenient?"
Pretending to be at a loss, Sequoia spoke as if she really couldn't find a piece of clothing.
After finishing speaking, Sequoia looked at Zhao, but she was unmoved.
The maidservant on the side said: "You don't want to find Hongxiu, right? She is a pregnant person now, what should I do if it is cold outside and frozen?"
Sequoia: "No, eldest lady, I just need Sister Hongxiu to tell me where I am." ”
Zhao: "Really, Hongxiu is not feeling well today, and she hasn't gotten up yet." You'd better go back and look for it yourself!"
She also refused, Sequoia was strange, just couldn't see each other? Why?
Sequoia: "But, Madam, it won't be delayed for long, I can go find the red embroidery, Miss really wants to wear that one tomorrow." ”
Sequoia also wanted to try to move the Zhao family, but the Zhao family was like a statue, with a smile, but the cold-blooded face could not hide it and looked unpopular.
Sure enough, Zhao said coldly: "No need, you do what I said, go back and find it yourself!"
Sequoia: "But... Ahh
was pushed by a servant girl, Sequoia slammed on the door, Zhao pretended not to see it, the servant girl's fierce appearance made Sequoia know, she couldn't see the red embroidery.
Sequoia turned around and walked out of Zhao's house, but he didn't give up looking at the other rooms, hoping to be able to see the figure of red embroidery, looking around for a long time, living up to expectations, and saw a shadow in the room in the north, Sequoia knew that it was red embroidery, great.
Because of the bulge in her abdomen.
Behind the door, the beautiful woman was grooming, but she knew that she couldn't go out, but after she was pregnant, she was even more radiant and beautiful. (To be continued.) )
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