9. Mingluan
She was a head higher than Zhenyu, so she stared at Zhenyu condescendingly, Zhenyu made her feel a little timid, and forcefully said: "I'm just a joke, and my grandmother is dedicated to me, even if you make trouble with my grandmother, it's just a joke." And I know all the ugliness of your family, and if I were to sue my grandmother, your mother and daughter would be a joke. So, let's not bully anyone. As for the big sister, such a beauty, I can't recruit myself to show off. โ
Since the Su family brought a few sisters in the second room to Beijing, Zhenxiu has been clinging to Zhenyu like a dog's leg, and Zhenyu has never been separated, Zhenshu and Tong Qisheng have a marriage contract in private, and it must be that Zhenxiu is loyal to Zhenyu before chewing it. This is just a private conversation between children, if the two sisters are united, who can know.
There is a Zhenxiu in the second room who is bent on climbing wealth and is determined to marry a good family than a few sisters, and she is a treacherous and cunning, and no matter whether there is any interest between Zhenshu and Tong Qisheng, even if it is not interesting, she can be asked to make up tricks. The old grandmother of the Song Mansion, the Zhong family, didn't like the granddaughters born to these concubines, and this kind of thing reached her ears, telling her to use the topic to play a few expulsions of the mother and daughter in the second room out of Beijing, and all the plans of the Su family really made the bamboo basket empty.
Thinking of this, Zhenshu could only nod in agreement with Zhenyu's words and silently endure the matter. But I secretly thought to myself in my heart, I must see the eldest sister Zhenyuan in this situation, don't ask this Zhenyu to set up a trap and go in.
As soon as the two of them came out of the forest, Zhenxiu ran over and grabbed Zhenshu and asked, "What did they say in the forest?" โ
Zhenshu shook her off and went straight back to the Yahuan group, coldly watching Zhenxiu greet Zhenyu who came out of the forest, and continued to be coquettish beside her, and finally coaxed Zhenyu to have a smile on her face, and then turned back to her eyebrows and winked.
Because Dou Keming was called away by his father, King Beishun, the rest of the teenagers were not familiar with the Song sisters, so they were a little cold at this time. Seeing this, Dou Mingluan invited several sisters from the Song Mansion to sit in his boudoir. Now that Zhenyu has decided on the big thing, she is naturally full of joy, and she is deliberately enveloping Dou Mingluan, Zhenxiu and Zhenyi are her little followers, and they will never leave a step again. Only Zhenyuan slowed down, slowly retreated to Zhenshu's side and said, "I wronged the third sister today." โ
Zhen Yuan is simple-minded and thoughtful, and Zhen Shu does not tell her what happened in the forest. Instead, he slowly comforted her and said: "What grievances are there, finding a good family for you is the most important thing now." โ
Zhenyuan sighed: "I don't want to be rich and noble, I just want to find someone who can live with me wholeheartedly, intimate and considerate." I'm not a person who can stand out, but I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint my mother. โ
Zhenshu saw that Dou Mingluan's boudoir was close in front of him, so he didn't say anything more, and silently retreated to the wall. Because these maids are all serving closely, they haven't eaten at noon, and after a while, the maids from the Beishun Hou Mansion came to greet them to have some light meals.
When it was time to feed, Shen resigned from his wife Tao, set up the car, and then took Yahuan Rongrong to invite several ladies of the Song Mansion to return home together. Dou Mingluan asked Zhenxiu Zhenyi to hold the two very comfortably, naturally he didn't want them to leave early, and he couldn't keep each other again and again, so he sent them directly outside the Hou Mansion, and then reluctantly sent the carriage away.
Shen took her sisters back to the Song Mansion and had dinner with the old ancestor Zhong, and the sisters in the second room returned to the Xiaoxi Courtyard with trembling feet one by one.
The Su family set up rules in front of the Zhong family for a whole day today, and the two calves trembled and the road was unstable, and they could only step into the small west courtyard by relying on the book of chastity all the way. Rao is like this, she is still very interested, took Zhen Yuan's hand and asked, "Have you ever seen some sons of the family today?" โ
Zhen Yuan pulled her hand and frowned, "Not yet." โ
Zhenxiu came over with a smile and said, "Why not, the fifth prince of the Hou Mansion also specially asked the name of the eldest sister, and stared at the eldest sister for a long time." โ
Su Shi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked in a loud voice, "Really?" I said that my Zhenyuan was born so beautiful, and a man was not moved when he saw her. โ
Zhenxiu took her words and sneered: "It's a pity, the Hou Mansion has already booked the second sister of our family for the fifth prince in private, but I'm afraid that the eldest sister will make a mistake this time." โ
Zhenyuan turned her head and said, "That's just a child, you think about it too much." โ
Su Shi has never listened to Zhenxiu's words, and when she saw Zhenshu coming in to wash her feet with footwater, she asked Zhenshu, "Is there such a thing?" โ
Zhenshu hummed and said: "The fifth prince is the same age as Zhenyu, and his status is the same, so he is naturally a good match." โ
Su Shi was disappointed, hung his head and sighed dejectedly: "Who called your father a concubine, he didn't get a penny of silver from the family, he lived in that poor country, and he didn't even have a serious income, let alone save a dowry." โ
Zhenshu persuaded: "If someone really loves the eldest sister, how can they care about the dowry? Gold and silver are all dead goods, people are alive, why should some people worry about not making money, don't worry too much. โ
Su Shi Na didn't have to worry about it, and lay on the bed after wiping his feet and was speechless for a long time. Zhen Yuan took a few sisters to unload their hairpins and comb their hair, fold their clothes and shoes, and was silently busy, when she saw Rong Rong in the Shen family's room in the fourth room open the curtain and came in, and said with a smile: "The second lady and the girls are fine!" โ
Su Shi got up and sat upright, pointed to Zhenshu and said, "Hurry up and pour a cup of tea for Miss Rongrong." โ
Rong Rong hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No need, the slave maid just came here to pass a word, and she left after passing it." โ
Su Shi put on his shoes and got out of bed, dragged Rong Rong over to sit on the chair, and took the tea in Zhen Shu's hand and handed it to Rong Rong personally, before saying, "The girl has worked hard all day, how about resting her feet here with me for a while?" But the fourth lady has something to tell you to come over? โ
Rong Rong took the tea, got up and said, "The second lady who dares to hand over the tea in person, it's a sin!" The fourth lady of Fangcai got a message from the ancestors, saying that there would be a flower party in Nan'anhou Mansion the day after tomorrow, and Concubine Rong Niangniang in Fangcai Palace personally sent someone to send a letter, asking several girls in our house to go to Nanhou Wangfu to enjoy the flowers the day after tomorrow. โ
When Su Shi heard this, he was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Thank you Miss Rongrong for coming to tell me, but did the palace invite a few girls?" Didn't say who you wanted to be with? โ
Although she didn't say anything, she also faintly hoped that Concubine Rong in the palace would be kind, so that she could also go out to show her feelings.
Rong Rong sneered: "Because it is not explicitly stated in the letter, it is still accompanied by the fourth lady." โ
Although Su Shi was disappointed in her heart, she didn't dare to show it on her face, she saw Rong Rong get up to leave, and hurriedly took out a handful of copper coins from her arms and stuffed them into Rong Rong's arms and said, "I'm tired of the girl, use this money to sell a bowl of tea to moisten your mouth." โ
Rong Rong received it in her arms, smiled slightly, and got up to say goodbye.
It is said that now that the founding of the Great Calendar has been more than 100 years old, the princes of the DPRK and China are all related to each other. Song Jingnian, the daughter of the Song Mansion Zhong, has been serving in the palace as a Fengyi since the current emperor was still in the East Palace, and has been serving for more than 20 years. She has only one son named Li Xucheng under her knees, the second among the princes, and she is only one year younger than the crown prince Li Xuze.
According to the law of the Great Calendar, when the prince becomes an adult, the emperor will give him a title and a fief, and leave Beijing to live in a fiefdom, and he will not enter Beijing without an edict. Throughout the past hundred years, most of the princes are willing to ask for rich and prosperous inland states, which can be regarded as putting their lives in peace and wealth. However, Li Xucheng begged the emperor to give him Liangzhou as a fief, but it was a place where the northern barbarians often came to harass, and the state was bitter and cold. The emperor has been very fond of this stable second prince since he was a child, and persuaded him several times to go to Shuzhong, which is war-free and rich, but Li Xucheng was unmoved, and repeatedly asked to go to Liangzhou. The emperor had no choice but to agree, and gave him the title of Pingzi, which was also a wish to hope that there would be no disaster in Liangzhou from now on.
That is, King Ping has gone to Liangzhou, and the emperor has more respect for Concubine Rong, although there is no noble word in the title, but in terms of various treatments of concubines in the palace, Concubine Rong is already a saint and a saint.
It is precisely because of this that the Song Mansion has gradually gained some status in Beijing in the past two years, and Zhenyu also relies on Concubine Rong to often walk around the homes of the princes. And this time, the four sisters in the second room went to Beijing together, and it was Concubine Rong Song Jingnian who planned behind the scenes, so that they could go to the mansions of the princes to meet and socialize.
And the reason why Concubine Rong is willing to help her second brother is because she has a long-term vision and is thoughtful, knowing that her mother Zhong is now mourned, and her only granddaughter Zhenyu is about to get married. Although she is an imperial concubine, after all, the palace gate is as deep as the sea, and she can't often go out of the palace and always accompany the Zhong family. Zhenyu's mother's family has no parents and brothers, the Zhong family has no sons and grandsons, and the two sons under the Shen family are too young to stand in the way. Although Song Angu has been raised in front of the Zhong family, she has also been drowned alive, and now she eats and drinks in Beijing all day long in the name of Concubine Rong, which is even more unexpected.
And several of his cousins, although they were all suppressed by the Zhong family back then, there was no hope of turning over, but a few girls in the second room heard about the beauty of their faces, if they could find a good son-in-law in Beijing, whether it was the Zhong family or Zhenyu in the future, it would be a good help.
It is precisely for this reason that after receiving Rong Anrong's letter, Concubine Rong deliberately planned, and also wanted to ask a few girls in the second room to find a good son-in-law in Beijing.
The next day, several girls in the second room pretended to be Zuci and Sun Ai under Zhong's knee for a day. One day later, a group of girls dressed up again, packed up and went to Nan'anhou Mansion with Shen.
Today's Nan'an Hou Tao Ling, his grandfather was the most powerful envoy of Taizong during the southern expedition. And he himself is now serving as a prince in the court, and he is also considered prominent. His two daughters, Tao Suyan and Tao Suyi, one is an adult and married, and she is married to Dou Kechang, the son of the Marquis of Beishun, and this youngest daughter Tao Suyi, because of Dou Mingluan, also has some friendship with Zhenyu. Now that a few of them are going, the person who receives them is Tao Suyi, the second lady of the Hou Mansion.
After all, Nan'an Hou Mansion also has a century-old family business, and the mansion is very simple and elegant. Although there are high eaves and pillars, there are also โกโก twists and turns, the most is the boudoir of Tao Suyi, the flowers cover the incense path, the green bamboo covers the secluded wall, it is a very elegant and quiet place. She was wearing a moon-white skirt, standing at the door of the small courtyard with silver hairpins, and holding a book in her hand.
Zhenshu still pretended to be a maid and followed behind a few girls, although she was far away, she obviously felt that Zhenyu's interest was not as high as yesterday. And Zhenxiu and Zhenyi, the two who are accustomed to golden and emerald green headdress collars, see that the two girls in Nan'an Houfu are dressed plainly, and they are not as gorgeous as the two girls around them, and naturally they don't have the enthusiasm to support her.
A few girls in the Song Mansion were about to see each other under the leadership of the Shen family, and Dou Mingluan walked out of the courtyard wearing a white shirt and a gorgeous skirt, greeted Zhenyu and said with a smile: "Why didn't my sister come earlier today, so that I was anxious to wait?" โ
Zhenyu is still the same cloud shoulder shawl, phoenix tail pleated skirt, and her head is also as golden as a pagoda. Xiao Yinyin took Dou Mingluan's hand and asked, "Why do you look so haggard today?" โ
Dou Mingluan took a handkerchief and covered his nose lightly before saying, "I just kicked the quilt last night and suffered some wind cold, Ming'er will be fine." โ
Zhenyu glared at the Yahuan Binghuai behind Dou Mingluan and said, "That's the trouble caused by the girl's snooze, why don't you drag it out to play the board?" โ
Dou Mingluan still covered his nose and said, "I won't do their business, let's go in quickly." โ
Tao Suyi's boudoir is also simple and elegant, very spacious and bright. In the living room today, there is a very soft couch bed, and there are a few on the couch bed, which is the most convenient for the two to talk to each other. In addition, there are seven or eight large circle chairs decorated with velvet cushions and pillows, and there are high tables in the chairs, and in the middle of the living room is a large square table, on which are placed all kinds of dried fruits, fruits and sugar melon snacks.