084: Bridging
When Shen Luting woke up, she first smelled the musty smell of debris, and the window panes illuminated everything around her through the hazy moonlight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This is the back cover room of the Bitong Flower Courtyard to put sundries, she doesn't know how many nights she has spent in this place this year, she is just a twelve-year-old girl, although her mother was not favored in the past, she has never been bullied, since that incident, her seventh lady has become the most unpopular one in the Chengping Marquis Mansion.
From time to time in the main room, Li Min's singing tune came, Li Min knew a few words of Kunqu Opera, when he sent Shen Luting to Hanzhou for refuge, Li Min pleased her aunt Li because of this skill, and when they returned to Beijing, they also brought it to Kyoto, and said in front of outsiders that it was to add a companion to themselves, but everyone up and down the Bitong Flower Courtyard knew that in the eyes of Grandma Li, Miss Shen Jiaqi was not as heavy as this Li Min.
There are maids who dare to dictate to Shen Luting, but no one dares to show Li Min's face.
Shen Luting's body shrank back, sinking her cold body into the grass, and the appearance of Shen Qihuan when she walked out of the Hehuan incense cart appeared in front of her.
So lazy, so impatient, so confident, so unscrupulous, that kind of self-confidence seems to grow in the bones.
Shen Luting couldn't help but chuckle, such a person, after a famous family, has a straight body, and has no worries about food and clothing, I'm afraid I don't know what forbearance and grievances are in my life, right?
On the second day, Li received a post from Aunt Xu of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War.
Li's mother's family is a merchant, and it is thanks to Aunt Xu's father that the fourth master of the Shen family is thanks to Aunt Xu's father, Master Xu, at that time the Xu family opened Tianxianglou on the same street, and the father and brother met the fourth master Shen when he went to congratulate, and the fourth master of Shen was taken home by his brother for dinner a few days later, and her mother asked her to sing a little song under the locust tree, pretending to meet unexpectedly. As a result, he was really taken by the fourth master Shen, although he was a concubine, but after entering the door, he added a son, and he was even more favored than the main house.
Li also knew that Master Xu's second girl was a concubine for Lord Shangshu, and all those who celebrated the New Year and festivals sent gifts to the past, but Aunt Xu gave her a post for the first time.
Li was overjoyed, put on the most decent clothes and borrowed a carriage for three rooms, and went to Lord Sun's mansion.
Aunt Xu received her in the Little Flower Hall.
Aunt Xu has a gentle temperament, and because Lord Sun is suspicious and strict with the backyard, Aunt Xu easily does not invite people to the house, and she invited three or four sisters to her yard as guests by taking advantage of the reason for the flowering of peonies in the New Year.
After chatting for an hour, he said that he wanted to stay in the house for dinner, everyone was not blind, knowing that Aunt Xu had many rules in Shangshu Mansion, and Lord Sun's wife was a well-known spicy person, and everyone didn't want to make extraneous branches, so they made excuses to leave.
Aunt Xu left Li's alone to talk in the house.
When she arrived at Aunt Xu's inner room, she didn't beat around the bush, and asked Li's straight to the point: "Is the second master of your house a powerful person?" ”
Li Shi was stunned for a moment, thinking that Aunt Xu was ordered by Lord Shangshu to probe her tone, so she didn't hide it, and said: "It's not great to say that it's powerful, I heard that there is a reputation outside, and the people I make friends with are all literati, but the second master is a white body after all, in this place in the capital, there is no power and no wealth, where can it be called powerful." ”
Aunt Xu's face was a little relieved, and she told the Li family about the conflict between her mother's family and the Shen family's second room in a few words, and the Li family was dumbfounded when she heard it: "There is such a thing? ”
"It's not as simple as I thought." Aunt Xu said slowly, with a hint of caution in her tone. "To tell you the truth, my brother-in-law Sun Gang's father used to be the personal entourage of my family, and in the early years, my family went to Pingkou, Jinzhou, and Sun Gang's father lost his life to save him, so my family is different from Sun Gang and others, and he is supported by half a son."
Li Shi stammered when he heard this, "There is still such a relationship." "What I thought in my heart was that Aunt Xu must have been recommended to Master Sun by Sun Gang, otherwise why would she be an aunt?
Since Aunt Xu said so, she was not afraid of Li's criticism of her, she sighed and said: "But for so many days, not only did my family not go to Kyoto to take care of my mother and Sun Gang, but also ordered the porter not to let my mother's sister see me. ”
Aunt Xu's eyes moistened, and the maid who was waiting beside her hurriedly took the handkerchief and handed it over, Aunt Xu wiped her tears, and then said: "Last night, I got a letter from my family, saying that the crux of this matter is in the second room of your Chengping Hou Mansion, let me tell my sister to find a way to build a bridge with your Hou Mansion, at least I can hand over a word, what is there to discuss, our Xu family and my brother-in-law Sun Gang are willing to accept this softness." ”
Li Shi understood it, and thought of the temperament of the third lady in the second room, and this matter had something to do with her. She pondered for a while, and felt that this matter was still not good, so she left a mouth and said: "You still don't know our Hou Mansion, each room is clearly distinguished, the people in the second room have just returned to Beijing, I may not be good at talking, I will go back and ask my master to give me an idea, I will talk back to you tomorrow, okay?" ”
Aunt Xu was naturally delighted, and personally sent the Li family out of the side door, and asked the maid to stuff five taels of silver for the carriage and horse expenses.
As soon as Li's family went home, he called his personal mother-in-law Zhou's mother to discuss together, Zhou's mother had served Li's clan in the past, a middle-aged woman with a lot of ideas, she also felt that this matter was very important, and planned in her heart for a while, and said: "Madam, this is a good thing, you think, since Aunt Xu has gotten Lord Sun's tone, it means that Lord Sun is also very troubled by this matter, if we figure this matter out, if we don't say anything else, even if we hand a few words to the second room, it can be regarded as a meritorious service. In the future, we may not have to rely on the big house, but we can also go up, and with such a thing at the bottom, are we afraid that Aunt Xu will not help us? ”
That being said, the shallow water of the Chinese New Year's Eve drowned those individuals, but the Li family is in the purpose, the old man has warned her to stay away from the second room, besides, there is a big year that matter is put aside, the second room may not know how to look at her, how can she give her face.
Zhou's mother also understood the difficulties of this matter, and she didn't know what to say for a while. It just so happened that Li Min went down to the clan school to ask for peace to the Li family, and the maid guarding the door outside had already gotten Li's words and didn't let Li Min in. It was just a flickering figure, and a thought suddenly popped up in Zhou's mother's heart, but as soon as this thought came out, she was awakened by the cold sweat that involuntarily broke out behind her, and she hurriedly shook her head and reminded herself that she couldn't think about it anymore.
Her appearance was seen by Li, and Lishi was a little unhappy: "If you have anything to say, you will say it, and it will make me go up and down." ”
Zhou's mother hurriedly confessed, hesitated for a moment and leaned into Li's ear and whispered a word. Li's body was stunned, and his gaze at her seemed to have a fire, and he couldn't suppress it when he put it out. After a while, Li Shi muttered with a cold face: "I have to discuss this matter with the master." ”
Mother Zhou hurriedly reminded her: "Mrs. is confused, if you want to do this thing, you have to pick it cleanly, you have forgotten the old lady's methods, even if the old man agrees, you will have to settle the account on your head in the future."
Li Shi was anxious: "What should I do then?" Could it be that such a great opportunity was missed in vain? ”
Mother Zhou muttered, "Why don't you give Miss Seven a wake-up?" Let Miss Seven secretly go to Miss Three. ”
Li snorted, "In the future, when the East Window incident happens, that girl will be the first to bite me out." ”
"That's easy, you can ask Min Yatou to help you beat her."
Li Shi pondered, but his heart was still unsteady: "If she tells ...... about that?" ”
"No!" Mother Zhou had a very positive smile on her face, "Other old slaves don't dare to guarantee that Miss Seven will definitely not tell Miss Third about that, you forgot, how did we know the inside story at that time?" ”
Li's eyes lit up, and the heart fire that had been unstable gradually stabilized, and finally drowned in a pool of deep darkness. ”