Chapter 117
If so, the Spring Festival has passed in a blink of an eye, and in the past few days of the festival, except for the old lady Ying and Mrs. Ying's orders to enter the palace to ask for peace, the other days, the girls of the Ying Mansion will also follow the wives and grandmothers of the house, and go to the various houses in Beijing every day to pay respects, and socialize with the ladies of each family.
But it was said that on the third day of the new year, everyone in the house got up early in the morning and prepared carefully, just because as early as a year ago, the Tang Mansion sent an invitation, saying that the princess would return to the Tang Mansion on the third day of the new year.
Ying Huaizhen was worried about Minli, so he naturally liked it very much, and Li Xianshu was a little nervous because it was the first time to go to the Tang Mansion.
Ying Huaizhen smiled and said: "Mother, you don't have to be like this, Mrs. Tang is the best to get along with, Sister Minli is also a serious lady, the most gentle person, by no means those who are used to judging people by their appearance and are not knowledgeable, even if you are not wearing this dress now, they will like it, not to mention that it is a serious lady now." ”
Li Xianshu heard the words "Mrs. Fate", and had mixed feelings in her heart, so she hugged Huaizhen and hugged her, and said: "When my mother married your father, although she dreamed of such a day, she never imagined that it has become a true ...... At the moment, I always feel like I'm in a dream. ”
Ying Huaizhen listened, and hugged Li Xianshu tightly: In the previous life, Li Xianshu really didn't have the opportunity to wait for this command, but in this life, she finally got her wish.
Seeing that Huai Zhen was like this, Li Xianshu gently touched her face and said, "Don't you know that you are a mother?" Even if the Tang Mansion looks down on me, it is naturally because of you, and it has nothing to do with whether it is ordered or not......"
Ying Huaizhen raised his head, looked at Li Xianshu's smiling appearance, and said: "Mother, why care what others think, as long as you are good and decent, you can wear anything." ”
Where did Li Xianshu understand the meaning of this? So she also smiled at Ying Huaizhen and said, "Do you know that my mother also thinks of you in my heart?"
The mother and daughter were talking, Ying Lanfeng came in from outside, and when she saw this, she smiled and said, "What are you doing? ”
Li Xianshu let go of Ying Huaizhen and said, "It's already good." ”
Ying Lanfeng looked at her outfit, and her eyes showed satisfaction, so she nodded and said, "Very good." He beckoned Ying Huaizhen to go over, and saw that she had also changed into a new satin dress today, wearing a big phoenix hairpin with eight wings on her head, just because Ying Huaizhen never wore these expensive and gorgeous big jewelry on weekdays, and suddenly dressed up like this, she took off a bit of childishness, adding a generous and graceful beauty.
Ying Lanfeng looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "You are also very good, go out with your mother, but remember not to be naughty." ”
Ying Huaizhen said: "When did I get naughty?"
Ying Lanfeng said: "When you were in Taizhou, your uncle Zhang was on his birthday, didn't you take advantage of your mother's inattention, so you took advantage of the big ingots to climb the tree together?
Lee Hyun-sook laughed when she heard him suddenly talk about it.
Ying Huaizhen's face turned red and said, "That's how sooner or later, my father remembers it again!"
Li Xianshu walked over and took his hand, and said, "That's it, at that time, it was a child who was ignorant, can it still climb a tree like then?" smiled and glanced at Ying Lanfeng, and led Ying Huaizhen out of the door.
So he came to the Tang Mansion, but saw that the door was even more crowded, and the guests were full of guests.
The female dependents who came to Ying Gong's Mansion today include Mrs. Ying, Mrs. Ying, Grandma Chen Shao, and Li Xianshu with Ying Huaizhen, just because Ying Taijun also understood in her heart that the princess was not really good with Ying Huai before she got married.
The group entered the inner house, but saw that Mrs. Pingjing seemed to be also present, and there were several ladies of the same age, Ying Taijun saw it, so he also stepped forward to greet you, several old ladies were sitting, and Mrs. Ying brought Chen Shao's grandmother Li Xianshu and others to come to see the ceremony, and Ying Huaizhen also followed his mother to salute.
Mrs. Pingjing had already seen her, and after the salute, she hurriedly beckoned her to come over, Ying Huaizhen saw her old man, and her heart was also happy, and she was busy walking to the side, Mrs. Pingjing took her hand and hugged her, and said: "Wearing this big phoenix hairpin today, it looks like a big girl." ”
Seeing this, several old ladies around them knew that it was Mrs. Pingjing's beloved child, and they all looked at this and that, and the voices of praise were endless, and the old lady Ying had no choice but to laugh and say: "It's already her fate to get Mrs. Pingjing's favor, don't praise her." ”
Those old ladies laughed and laughed, still competing to see each other, and there were many old people who saw that Huai Zhen was born to be clever and lovely, and such a calm attitude, very cast their eyes, and couldn't help but give her the objects they were carrying as a meeting gift, and the other followers, seeing that the master liked it, they were busy and called to prepare a lot of gifts, and should Huaizhen salute in turn, and turned around, and got a lot of gifts.
After a while, Mrs. Pingjing smiled and said: "Don't surround her, pay attention to this girl...... and say to the old lady: "Old sister, you have been guarding at home all day, and now you finally met me, and let me say a few more words to her, don't blame you?"
Mrs. Ying hurriedly bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Where is it, it is the blessing of this child." ”
So Mrs. Pingjing called Ying Huaizhen back again, shook her hand, and asked long and short reads();.
Mrs. Tang was also on the side, seeing that Mrs. Pingjing grabbed Ying Huaizhen, she only talked to Li Xianshu, Li Xianshu knew that these were people in the Gaomen clan, and the most important etiquette, so she also put away Su Ri's casual posture, and also learned to respond with a respectful and humble appearance, even so, there was still some vulgarity in the words, Mrs. Tang because she looked at Huaizhen as the best, naturally loved the house and Wu, and she didn't care at all, but also praised the people around her.
At one time, several more orders came, and they were full, and they sat in a room, sat with each other for a while, and only then did they report that the princess had arrived.
When in addition to Mrs. Pingjing, the other people all stood up, quietly and solemnly waiting, Ying Huaizhen also stood up, then raised his eyes to look out, in an instant, only to see the maids lead the way, to the door, like goose wings on both sides of the stand, after a while, only to see the palace maid supporting a person to appear, the same is the phoenix crown of the woman in the dress, its solemn and beautiful, indescribable, only to see the princess walk to the door, slightly raised her eyes, her eyes swept over the people present, and finally fell on Ying Huaizhen's face, when she saw her, she smiled slightly.
Ying Huaizhen saw this, and looked at Minli's face carefully, and saw that she had a good complexion, as if she was more and more plump than before she was married, so she also smiled at Minli.
Because there are many ladies and grandmothers of the various families, although there are thousands of words between Minli and Ying Huaizhen, it is not good to talk to each other as recklessly as in the past, and only talk to everyone without saying a few scenes.
It was not until the banquet was over that everyone dissipated, and Minli went into the inner room to rest, Ying Huai was really with Mrs. Pingjing, and her own maid came, saying that she wanted to see the princess.
Mrs. Pingjing knew what she meant, so she said, "Go quickly...... There are also some days when I don't see you, talk to your sister more. ”
Ying Huaizhen saluted, followed the maid, and entered the inner room for a while, but saw that Min Li was already standing by the door waiting, Ying Huaizhen saw it, and wanted to salute, Min Li grabbed her arm and said, "Don't save these Lao Shizi, just come in with me." ”
Ying Huaizhen had no choice but to follow Min Li inside, at the moment there was no one in the room, the palace maids were outside, the two sat on the couch together, Min Li carefully measured Ying Huaizhen, looked at it for a long time, and sighed: "The appearance has not changed much, but it seems to have grown taller again." ”
Ying Huaizhen said: "My sister is also more out of place than before. He pursed his lips and smiled.
When Minli heard this, her face turned red, and she said, "You ghost girl, you mocked me just when we met?"
Ying Huaizhen saw her say this, so he also said: "Really wronged, how dare I ridicule the princess?"
Min Li grabbed her hand, slapped her lightly, and said, "It can be seen that I haven't met you recently, and you dare to make fun of me like this because you lack a lesson! ”
Ying Huaizhen heard this, then coughed and said, "That's it, where is the teasing, it's just that I was worried about my sister in my heart, and it was not easy to say it...... Now seeing my sister like this, I am relieved, and I am happy for my sister. ”
Seeing this, Min Li smiled again: "It's been silent for the past few months, I just forgot about me." ”
Ying Huaizhen said: "What did you forget? It's just that my sister is married, so it's naturally not as easy to meet as before...... However, if each other cares about each other...... is still the same as the original mind, so as not to be rusty. ”
When Min Li heard this, she nodded, reached out and hugged her shoulder slightly, and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget you no matter what." ”
Ying Huaizhen raised his eyes to look at her, and Min Li also looked at her, and said, "Didn't you just say that you were worried about how I was in Suwangfu? ”
Ying Huaizhen nodded slightly, Min Li lowered her eyelids, and said slowly: "At first, I only thought that Su Wangfu was like a tiger's den in Longtan, and because the prince had always had a reputation like that, I thought that the prince must also be a tiger and wolf, but I didn't expect it to ......."
Ying Huaizhen looked at her curiously and said, "Unexpectedly, what happened?"
Min Li hesitated, her face flushed slightly, and then said again: "Unexpectedly...... He turned out to be a rare gentle disposition, a very good man...... He's here today, too, and ...... later I can't let you see it too......" The more he spoke, the lower he became, and he was a little shy.
Ying Huaizhen heard her say this in person, and the heart was slightly put back in his stomach, and he said: "Sure enough, the marriage is predetermined...... It can be seen that God has eyes, and a good person like my sister has such a good son to match...... Amitabha, my heart is also half relieved. ”
Min Li smiled slightly, her heart was shy and sweet, and suddenly said, "Now I only think about you...... I wonder what kind of good people will be matched with you in the future?"
Ying Huaizhen was most afraid of hearing this, and was silent for a moment before saying: "Sister, don't say it, I'm different from my sister, I'm an unlucky ...... I don't expect this in my life. It is good for a person to be quiet and quiet. ”
When Min Li heard this, she was shocked, thinking that she was just shy, but she didn't look like it when she looked closely, so she said, "You girl...... What a strange elf, why do you say this all of a sudden? It makes me uneasy. ”
Ying Huaizhen smiled hurriedly and said, "It's nothing...... It's just a casual talk, sister, don't take it to heart. ”
Minli looked at her for a long time, and then said: "Silly boy, don't think nonsense, last time when I couldn't think about it, you still came to persuade me, but now what are you doing?"
The two said these words, and suddenly someone outside said: "The prince and the third prince are here." ”
Min Li stopped talking, and only smiled: "That's it, he's here......" Sure enough, I saw a figure flickering at the door, and two people walked in one after another, the one in front of the head was naturally Zhao Shu, the son of the world, and the one behind him was Xiao Tang.
Ying Huaizhen stood up early, and when he saw Shizi walking to him, he curtsied and saluted, and Shizi hurriedly said: "Please get up, this must be Huaizhen's sister?"
Min Li nodded beside her and said, "Naturally, it's her." ”
Zhao Shu glanced at Ying Huaizhen from head to toe, and then smiled: "I often hear my sister praise Huaizhen's sister, saying how you are so extraordinary, I don't know what it is, but when I saw it today, I realized that my sister really didn't coax me." ”
When Min Li heard this, she smiled slightly.
Ying Huaizhen was a little embarrassed, and secretly glanced at Minli, a little blamed.
Min Li said to Zhao Shu: "Huai is really shy, don't say this, pay attention to her heart, blame me for talking about her behind my back." ”
Zhao Shu hurriedly said: "Sister Huaizhen is not worried, it's just that it's not good for me...... It has nothing to do with my sister, she just loves you, and nothing else. ”
Ying Huaizhen also glanced at Zhao Shu early, saw that he was handsome, his words were gentle, and he saw his words and deeds, all of which were based on Minli, and he was really happy for Minli in his heart.
Seeing that Ying Huaizhen was silent, Min Li came up and grabbed Zhao Shu and said in a low voice: "There are a lot of people today, if you don't want to socialize, and don't go out, just ask my brother to go." ”
Zhao Shu also replied gently: "It's because there are many guests, so I want to see it, lest they think I've neglected everyone, isn't it bad?"
Min Li said in a low voice: "If you want to do this, but also make, if you feel that you can't do it, you don't have to hold on, you must come back quickly, when we come, my father also told me like this, you are so good and take it to heart, otherwise, although you are a good intention for me, I will not be able to bear reads();." ”
When Zhao Shu heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Sister, don't worry, I can save it." ”
Ying Huaizhen looked at it in a daze, and when she saw Minli looking at Zhao Shu, her eyes were pulsing, and when Zhao Shu looked at her, she also had a gentle look on her face, Ying Huaizhen looked at such a good couple with determination, and only felt that her eyes were sore.
At this moment, I heard someone in my ear: "Huaizhen...... What are you thinking?
Ying Huaizhen was busy, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Xiao Tang who came to his side and was looking at her with a smile.
Huai Zhen looked at this already familiar face, opened his mouth, and said: "...... Tang" paused in his heart, and the sound of "Uncle Tang" rolled twice in his throat, and when he reached his mouth, he seemed to have changed his appearance, and said: "Lord Tang." He bowed slightly.
Xiao Tang was laughing and groaning, and suddenly heard her call, it turned out to be the extremely unfamiliar word "Lord Tang", and he didn't react for a while, so he looked at her in surprise.
At this moment, Min Li also heard it, so she also smiled in surprise: "Why did you change your mind today?
Ying Huaizhen's face was a little hot, so he had to bow his head and say, "Before, because I was small...... Now that I'm a few years older, I think it's not as good as I used to be. ”
Min Li knew that she was not the kind of girl who was shocked, since she changed her words, it must be reasonable, just thinking about it, she said to Xiao Tang: "Brother, didn't you offend Huaizhen?"
Xiao Tang only reacted at this moment, and after hearing Min Li's words, he looked at Ying Huaizhen thoughtfully, and said for a moment: "Maybe...... Somehow did I offend...... There are also yes. ”
Min Li grabbed Ying Huaizhen and said, "You don't have to be afraid, in front of me, you just have to say it...... If my brother bullies you or offends you, I'll call the shots...... Tell his mother to beat him, or else, tell his aunt and grandmother. ”
Ying Huaizhen's face turned red, and he regretted for a while that he had changed his name in front of Min Li and Shizi, but he didn't expect Min Li to ask straight to the end, but how to ask her to answer?
Huai Zhen called softly and said, "Sister......"
Min Li saw that her eyes were bright, as if she was pleading, and her heart moved, so she glanced at the prince, and Zhao Shu said to Xiao Tang: "Brother, and take me out to meet relatives and friends?"
Xiao Tang glanced at Ying Huaizhen and agreed. The prince said to Huaizhen again: "Sister Huaizhen, come and see you later." ”
Ying Huaizhen saluted sullenly, and didn't dare to look up at Xiao Tang's face.
After the two of them went, Min Li took her hand again and said, "You kid, what's going on? Where did my brother offend? Otherwise, why did you suddenly get separated like this?"
Ying Huaizhen had no choice but to say, "Sister, don't you say that...... Uncle Tang ......" suddenly called out, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.
Min Li couldn't help but laugh and said: "Zhenzhen'er is very duplicitous, obviously he doesn't want to change his words, why do you have to change his words? Do you know that my brother has never loved the second girl so much?
When Ying Huaizhen heard this, he sighed softly, and suddenly said in a daze: "Uncle Tang has a keen mind, a good background, and a high official position...... I'm like this, stupid and ignorant, and I'm not a person who reads();. I have been rescued by Uncle Tang several times before, and there is no way to repay ......"
Min Li laughed while listening, and said, "Ouch, what are you talking about, girl? If it weren't for my brother at this moment, I would still think you were talking about your sweetheart...... Is it to choose a husband...... Do you want to make a promise?"
Ying Huaizhen never imagined that he would provoke Minli to say this, and after being stunned, he was ashamed of himself, and said: "People were going to say something sincere, but my sister is like this! Embarrassed and annoyed, his eyes were slightly red.
Min Li was thinking it was funny, but when she suddenly saw her like this, she knew that she was serious, so she smiled for a while, and said, "I don't laugh, good sister, what do you think?"
Ying Huaizhen frowned and bowed his head, twisted his clothes belt in his hand, and said, "I...... I don't know. Speaking of this, my heart was like numbness, and for a while, I actually appeared in the backyard of the Tang Mansion that day, Xiao Tang leaned over and smiled when he stroked the strings, but in a blink of an eye, he thought of Xiu'er lying on the couch, her face as white as paper.
In fact, since he recognized Xiao Tang when he was in Taizhou, Ying Huaizhen has always warned himself to stay away from this person...... Only who would have thought that by mistake, the two would be entangled again and again, so that instead of being far away, they became more and more intimate.
Listening to Guo Jianyi's words under the pretense of Zhang Zhen's mouth that day, Ying Huaizhen couldn't help but think of Xiao Tang...... In fact, she didn't mean to complain about Xiao Tang at that time, but she just used this incident to suddenly wake up to herself in her heart: these days, because he always treated her with a gentle face and saved her several times, so he unconsciously regarded him as the closest person in his heart, but how could he forget? In his previous life, he was Ling Jue's mentor, and Ling Jue was also such a ruthless and ruthless character behind the surface spring breeze, so what about Tang Yi?
What's more, she had also seen his unsmiling and majestic natural side...... So, who can say that all kinds of care and love at this moment will not come to naught?
She is very self-aware, and understands the gap between the two people, whether it is the means or the mind, it can be described as a moat, if he really turns his face, he is afraid that only one finger can kill her, or, not only her?
So I thought, just estranged myself from him before the variables were born...... lest you really fall into it and can't extricate yourself, but then ......
In my previous life, I had been injured and died like this, how could I forget the lesson? Even if it has nothing to do with love at this moment, it is the same truth.
However, even though he was vigilant in his heart, when Fang only faced each other and shouted "Lord Tang" instead of "Uncle Tang", Ying Huaizhen's heart was also extremely awkward, and he only felt that he had made a great mistake, regretted and blamed himself, and he didn't dare to look at Xiao Tang again.
Now facing Minli's question, Ying Huai is very entangled in his heart, and he also asks himself: In this way, is it right or wrong?
After noon, the Tang Mansion also arranged a play, and everyone gathered to watch the play.
In the flower hall, Ying Huaizhen sat next to Mrs. Pingjing, but on the other side of Mrs. Pingjing was Minli, Minli would look at her from time to time, and Ying Huaizhen would only smile at her.
It's just that for some reason, although watching the play, I always have a feeling like a sharp edge, as if someone is staring at her...... So while watching the play, I looked around, but I didn't see anything unusual, but Mrs. Pingjing asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Ying Huai Zhencai said: "There is no ......" I had to endure the strange feeling in my heart, and just obediently watch the play again.