Chapter Ninety-Five: Inquiry
On the way home, the two sisters and Yi Ying still went their separate ways, and after getting out of the carriage, Yi Chen gave Yi Ying a meaningful look, and the three of them parted ways, Yi Ying was thinking about things in her head and didn't notice this. 56 Library's new website:
When he arrived at the upper room of Xue's house, Min Yuan was talking with Wu's mother beside him about something with great interest, and when he saw her coming back, he asked with a smile, "What about your brother?
"My brother still has some things, and he said that he would wait a while to come back. What did Mother say to Mother Wu, so happy?" On the way back, Yiying had already asked the maid to sort out her clothes and hairstyle, and Min Yuan didn't see any clues.
"That's right, Mother wants to ask your opinion too. ”
Yi Ying was slightly surprised: "Did something happen?"
Min Yuan waved his hand, glanced at Wu's mother, and said with a smile: "In a few days, my mother wants to hold a flower banquet at home, what do you think?"
Yi Ying was stunned, and her heart was dark: At this time, you can only enjoy the plum blossoms when you hold a flower banquet, but fortunately, the plum blossoms in their house are pruned very beautifully, and there are many of them, and the categories are different, which is also a good reason. However, she remembered that the emperor's birthday would be in a few days......
"Since my daughter returned to Beijing, there has been nothing lively in the house, and it is also good to hold a flower banquet and invite more sisters in Beijing to get together. Yi Ying smiled, "It's just that it's Halloween in a few days, and it's not a good day to bump in." ”
Min Yuan touched her head when he heard this, and said angrily: "You have a lot of things in your little head, and I haven't mentioned the matter of Halloween to you." ”
Yiying's mind is already very mature, and it is inevitable that she will be a little strange when she is treated like a child by Min Yuan, but she still endures it and does not let go of her hand.
I heard Min Yuan say again: "I naturally mean that it will be done after Halloween, since you have no opinion, and you can write well, you will have to help your mother when you write an invitation." ”
Did you remember that Yichen praised her for her good handwriting?
"That's nature. Yi Ying said with a smile, and suddenly remembered something again: "Mother, on the occasion of the Wanshou Festival, are the envoys of Dongyi going to visit?"
"You are well-informed," Min Yuan nodded, "I heard that they are almost in the capital, and there are quite a lot of people, and the Holy Lord will inevitably give them a big mansion to live in at that time." ”
That's true.
She remembered. On the Wanshou Festival that year, in addition to the dispute between the princes and princes, it was this Dongyi visitor who made the trouble even more unpleasant.
Although the Dongyi people brought rich birthday gifts this time, they also wanted to provoke Nanming's national prestige. They specially brought a few brave warriors to compete with the generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
As we all know, the Dongyi people grew up on horseback, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and the most outstanding of them are even more heroes who are one of the ten. On the other hand, Nanming, after the Jingning Rebellion, the military generals have long been withered, and most of the military attaches in Beijing are mediocre talents who can only talk on paper, and the younger generation is even more broken, where is the opponent of the Dongyi people?
Therefore, in the competition in the previous life, Nanming's side lost extremely ugly, and the emperor was very unhappy, and he often lost his temper in the court for several months.
She remembered that at this time in her previous life, Lian Jingqian had not yet entered the royal gaze, and Li Yun was also in a state of drunken dreams and death, but now the situation has changed, if Lian Jingqian shows his magic in the competition, can he be directly accepted by the emperor?
"Yuan Yuan, what do you want?" Min Yuan saw that she was in a daze, and shook his hand in front of her eyes with some amusement.
Yi Ying came back to her senses, was stunned, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Mother, is this flower banquet for my brother?" led the topic in another direction.
Min Yuan laughed secretly in her heart, this little girl thought of this, no wonder she was fascinated by it, and she was very curious about these things, too, the child is so old, she should teach her slowly.
"That's right. Didn't I tell you a few days ago about Miss Wen's family? This is a good girl, but after all, it is a big matter, and you have to choose again and again. ”
Yi Ying sighed slightly, she knew, where is there a simple flower banquet? But pick and choose, I'm afraid it's Miss Wen who picks, and there is no one more suitable for her mother's heart than her. It's a pity that my brother doesn't like her.
Thinking of these, she only felt that one head and two were big, and when she was a sister, she had to help prevent her brother's marriage, if it didn't work out, Wen wouldn't marry her as that kind of vicious and unreasonable sister-in-law?
That's it, let's take it one step at a time, there is one more thing at the moment, but it is imminent.
"By the way, Mother, are there any new recruits in the house these days?" she asked nonchalantly.
"What's the matter? you have someone there who is not suitable?" Min Yuan said busily, very concerned.
"No, just ask. It's just that there are some young maids in the yard, and they have to be released when they are old, so it's better to start picking people as soon as possible. "Vaguely mentioned the matter of matching.
"There will be a group of new people coming into the mansion tomorrow," then Min Yuan remembered something and said, "By the way, there is something I haven't told you yet." ”
But the mother said it was fine. Yi Ying smiled, but she was a little nervous, she was actually not sure why her mother agreed to Xue Minglin, after all, Zhaoqiu was her eldest maid, and marrying someone from another yard would inevitably not be available.
Min Yuan said with a smile: "The sister Zhaoxue in your yard is also of age, your aunt came over a few days ago to mention this matter, there is a capable young steward in her yard, and the two of them look very compatible, so I agreed to this family business." You go back and let Zhaoqiu talk to her sister, prepare the dowry with peace of mind, I'm afraid I'm going to get married in the New Year. The tone was very determined.
Yi Ying's heart sank, and she forcibly stabilized her tone: "My daughter doesn't understand very well, how can she be assigned to the people in my aunt's yard?" After all, I don't know my aunt very well, if it's my mother's, I'm afraid it's more reliable." ”
Min Yuan glanced at Wu's mother when he heard this, and the latter took a group of subordinates down with interest.
"I've seen the horse steward, a decent, honest man. And you know that your aunt is always in trouble, she wants to marry Zhaoxue naturally because she wants to beat your idea, if it is good, the steward can also be used by you and become your eyes. Don't worry, I will let people train Zhaoxue well, and I won't let her marry and suffer a loss. ”
This is the first time that Min Yuan has clearly taught her these things, and she is really uneasy about Xue Minglin from the bottom of her heart, but she was deceived by the appearance of being in charge, and she didn't notice how cowardly Zhao Xue was, even if the training was really effective, I am afraid that it would inevitably delay Zhao Xue for a lifetime.
Even if she follows her mother's train of thought, most of today's women's families are virtuous with their husbands as their heavens, and Zhaoxue is a typical example of a cowardly woman.
What's more, she used to be a maid, how could she be so ruthless to people who used to be of the same class? Who was not born to be a human being, why bother to abuse others so badly? What's more, Zhaoqiu is now a person by her side, and she can't let her sister jump into the fire pit.
These thoughts can't be said to Min Yuan for the time being, for the sake of the overall situation, for the sake of an absolutely good result.