The Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong is down, so a dignitary like Duchess Cheng'en has never been to the Li family before, and this is the first time to come, although Mrs. Li has been to the Cheng'en Mansion, but because Hibiscus is not a big girl, she has never followed her, so naturally she doesn't know her, this is the first time I have seen it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the Cheng'en Mansion is now in power, a bunch of people give gifts, and the Queen Mother rewards her mother's family from time to time, the family's money is naturally much stronger than that of the Count's Mansion of Zhongyong, so I saw that the Duchess of Cheng'en was wearing good internal clothes, her head was full of gold, the golden hairpins were full, she was wearing several gold rings on her hands, and she was also wearing several gold bracelets on her wrists, and the whole person was shining gold, like a glittering Christmas tree. Duchess Chengen is dressed up like this, probably to say to others, I am rich, I am very rich, I am very rich, but when others see it, they will only laugh at her for being an upstart.

But who made Duchess Chengen just a well-off family before, and under this new wealth, she didn't have time to pursue taste, she only felt that the gold, silver and jewelry that she couldn't afford before could now be bought, so she naturally tried her best to wear it.

However, those down-and-out noble families often despise Duchess Chengen while envying each other's wealth, just like Mrs. Li is like this.

Mu Hibiscus clearly remembers that when she first came in, the situation in the Earl's Mansion was not bad, at least the masters, not only have four seasons clothes, but also four seasons jewelry, but I don't know when the four seasons jewelry is gone, only three sections of two longevity jewelry remain, now, two years of jewelry and jewelry, but three years of jewelry has become only New Year's jewelry, and the clothes worn by the masters are much worse than before, the masters are wearing poorly, and the clothes of their subordinates are naturally worse.

If it weren't for the fact that the Earl's Mansion still wants to maintain the scenery on the surface, so the food, clothing, housing and transportation that others can see are still passable, if those who can pull down their faces and are not afraid of losing face, I am afraid that the life of the Earl's Court will be worse at this time.

Mu Hibiscus knew why the life of the Earl of Zhongyong's Mansion would be so bad, because from the old lady Li to the old man Li, and then to the young master below, all of them were gentlemen, extravagant and wasteful, living a life of spending money, and the family's income was not as good as when the old marquis was there, the income decreased, but the expenditure increased, so that no matter how much money there was, it would not be spent by them, so when there was no money to spend, they could only slowly save money.

Therefore, every time Mrs. Li comes back, although she often talks to them about the situation of Duchess Chengen, she laughs at the other party's taste, but in fact, Mu Hibiscus knows that Mrs. Li is actually quite eye-catching and the other party is rich, and it is normal for the poor to be blushing to the rich.

After a while, Bai Ling brought the eldest girl Li Xin, the second girl Li Lan, the third girl Li Shu and other girls over.

"This is Duchess Chengen, she said that she wanted to meet your sisters, why don't you come forward to meet you soon?" said Mrs. Li with a smile.

The old lady of the Earl's Mansion is still alive, originally, according to the etiquette, when the ladies of each family come, they should see Mrs. Li first, but Mrs. Li has always worshiped the Buddha and closed the door to thank guests, so now whoever comes to Mrs. Li is here.

"I've seen Madame. Several girls, under the leadership of the eldest girl Li Xin, saluted Duchess Chengen.

Duchess Chengen glanced at a few girls, and finally fell on the eldest girl Li Xin, took her hand, and said with a smile: "You girls are all good-looking, I don't know which one to praise." ”

Then he asked Li Xin how old he was and what he usually did at home, praised it, took off a pair of gold bracelets from his hand, put them on Li Xin's hands, and said with a smile: "Let's wear it for the girl to play." ”

Li Xin smiled shyly and thanked Duchess Chengen.

Obviously, Duchess Chengen is interested in the eldest girl Li Xin as her daughter-in-law.

Also, although the Chengen Mansion is a nouveau riche, it is the queen mother's family, and if you want to marry the daughter-in-law of the world, it is impossible to marry a concubine and other daughters, and you must marry a long-term daughter.

In fact, Duchess Chengen felt that the status of the Earl of Zhongyong was too bad, and wanted to marry the girls of those big families, but those big families were not the same as the major families, clans, Xungui marriage, profound heritage, even if the Chengen Mansion is the queen mother's mother's family, they will not put it in their eyes, and are unwilling to marry their daughters, after all, they are looking at long-term development, not a new upstart, there are upstarts in Beijing every year, but some are often up and down today and tomorrow, what is the use of that momentary prosperity, in order to seek stability, the big family generally would rather marry their daughters to some stable and decent families, rather than marry an upstart, Duchess Chengen saw that it was difficult to pick a suitable one in the big family, so she could only turn her eyes to the loyal and brave Earl Mansion that had been stammering their family。

At this time, seeing that Li Xin was really generous and calm, he was quite satisfied, and immediately gave a meeting gift.

Then he hesitated, and his eyes turned to the third girl, Li Shu.

These three girls, Li Shu, are the concubines of the big house.

At that moment, Duchess Chengen also smiled and took her hand, asked her age, Li Shu replied neither humble nor arrogant, she looked like a good girl, so she smiled and said to Mrs. Li: "The third lady in your house is a famous talented woman from far and near. ”

Li Shu pursed his lips and smiled, secretly glanced at Mrs. Li, who couldn't laugh, couldn't help but slightly pick the corners of his mouth, happy in his heart, and secretly told you to suppress me, gold can shine everywhere.

Then I heard Duchess Chengen say: "Ming'er is holding a poetry meeting in our house, you must come, the girl in our family has heard your name, and I am looking forward to you going, and I want to meet you with poetry to meet friends." ”

Since the Duchess Chengen became an upstart, she has paid great attention to these cultural matters, and wants to improve her own style, which is commonly known as the vassal elegance, so the family often holds poetry meetings, because I heard that Li Shu has some talents, although she is a concubine, she is also invited.

Li Shu had heard that Cheng'en Gong's family often held poetry meetings, but he had never invited a concubine like her to participate in it before, and this was the first time to invite, and Li Shu, who listened directly, was overjoyed.

Since she came from the womb, she has always paid attention to making a reputation, and she will find a good husband in the future, but it is the first time that she can go to the queen mother's house to compose poems, so it is no wonder that Li Shu is happy, and immediately smiled: "Thank you Madame for the invitation, I will definitely go to the meeting on time." ”

Seeing Duchess Chengen smiling and holding Li Shu's hand, Li Xin lowered her eyes and secretly said proudly, when she went to the Guogong Mansion to participate in the poetry meeting, she would wait to see it.

In the last life, Li Shu shone brightly at the poetry meeting, so that the prince of Chengen fell in love with him, and he wanted to marry him alive or dead, and in the end, her third sister, but she became the duchess of the country, and she was originally favored by the duchess of Chengen, because the prince of Chengen did not like it, and finally withdrew gloomily, although the family who married after that was not bad, but compared to Li Shu, who had infinite scenery, it was overshadowed.

Generally, the honorable nobles who have been awarded the status of the royal family outside the family, once the queen mother passes away, the scenery will be greatly reduced, after all, the queen mother may take care of her mother's family, but the emperor's words will not necessarily take care of the foreign family.

But who would have thought that Empress Dowager Zheng would live a long life, and there would be more than ten years to live in the future - anyway, Empress Dowager Zheng would not die before she was reborn - that is to say, the Cheng'en Mansion had more than 20 years of glory since Chengjue, which was enough to make the upstart Cheng'en Mansion transform into a big family in Beijing.

Thinking that the Cheng'en Mansion would be prosperous in the future, and the daughter of the cheap maid who robbed her seat would be so proud, Li Xin's heart couldn't help but feel as uncomfortable as a fire.

In this life, she will never let Li Shu be proud again! She is bound to win the position of Mrs. Cheng'en Gongshizi!